Mexico City, May 16 (EFE) events that occurred in the coastal region.
The person is male and is identified with the initials VM, local media have published that the victim was identified as Victor Masson.
In a statement, the FGEO indicated that according to the initial investigations, the lifeless body of the victim was located on Monday, May 15, inside his vehicle that was in the streets of the Arroyo Seco neighborhood (neighborhood) of the Puerto de Puerto Rico spa. Escondido, belonging to the municipality of San Pedro Mixtepec.
After the discovery, municipal police officers informed the FGEO, so the case was brought to the Coast Regional Deputy Prosecutor’s Office.
Due to this, the unit deployed a multidisciplinary team that processed the crime scene, where they secured evidence found at the site with the aim of collaborating with the investigations into this homicide.
“Based on the findings and information obtained, solid lines of investigation were established that allow focusing the efforts of law enforcement in favor of the direct victim and indirect victims,” said the Prosecutor’s Office.
Unofficial information indicates the victim, about 27 years old, was attacked with a firearm from behind in the place where her body was found.
This homicide occurs after the death of 23-year-old Benjamín Gamond, one of the three Argentine tourists attacked with machetes last Friday in Lagunas de Chacahua, a community located on the coast of the state of Oaxaca, south of Mexico.
Gamond’s death was reported by his family and confirmed on Monday by FGEO, although the death took place in Mexico City where he was receiving medical attention.
While the other two Argentine tourists, Macarena Elía González, 29, and Santiago Lastra, 22, were out of danger.
The young people were living with the attacker in a place, who is not originally from Chacahua, when an argument began that ended with the alleged attacker taking out his machete.
Local media reported that people who were present tried to separate them but the man managed to injure their heads, hands and arms.
The inhabitants of the place transferred the assaulted tourists by boat to the town of El Zapotalito, where people from Civil Protection arrived and took them to medical centers in Puerto Escondido to receive medical attention.
According to the municipal government of Villa de Tututepec (to which Lagunas de Chacahua belongs) and the community of Chacahua Isla, the attacker is a young man, originally from the neighboring state of Guerrero and who came to the area in search of employment.
The young Argentines had arrived two days before the event for a vacation, so they did not know many people in the place, a small town where national and international tourists come to enjoy the beach.
