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The Alarming Trend: Two Tourists Murdered in Separate Incidents on Oaxaca Beaches

Oaxaca, Mexico (PVDN) - This week, the serene blue of the Pacific Ocean turned grim in Oaxaca, a state in Mexico. On Monday, a 23-year-old Argentine traveler tragically lost his life after being assaulted with a machete on the beach of Lagunas de Chacahua. He was spending the day there with friends. On the same day, another tourist, a 27-year-old Canadian, was fatally shot in the back in the popular destination of Puerto Escondido.

The Argentine victim, Benjamín Gamond, a native of Córdoba, had been journeying through Mexico for several months, his . . .

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