Re: 04/18/2008 Joram Galleros Villanueva ( Mexico ) ***Fatal***
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 10:40 pm
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It was the first recorded shark attack in Cancun
Found the body of a bather without arms, feet and part of the face, is the first attack by a shark at a bather in Quintana Roo
CANCUN, Mexico, in April. 21, 2008 .- The body of a bather, aged 32, was found Sunday on the beaches of this tourist destination, with wounds caused by the shark attack, Civil Defense reported in this municipality.
In a report, the agency indicated that Joram Galleros Villanueva was lost since last Friday afternoon when it was about 300 meters into the sea in 'Beach Dolphins' area known as the viewpoint of the tourist.
After the loss of the bather, the wife Cecilia Valadez Estrada, 32 years old, who is pregnant, gave notice to the authorities and began their search.
According to the party court, some bathers tried to help Gallegos Villanueva, however, the sea was very rough.
It was until this Sunday that the bather's body was found without the two arms of the feet and face.
The report states that the judicial bather, an employee of a security company, arrived on Friday at the beach area, accompanied by his wife, and decided to go swimming. To move away from the coast was lost.
In this regard, the Director of Fisheries of the state government, Severo Góngora Barbosa, said that "these attacks are very fortuitous because the coasts of Quintana Roo escualos species are not large and do not attack.
He explained that the larger varieties that have occurred are the shark 'hotspots'-Carcharhurus Arconotus-up to three meters and is always on depths between 25 and 30 meters.
This is the first attack by a shark at a bather on the coasts of Quintana Roo.
Civil protection authorities have decided to start monitoring safety on beaches to the hundreds of swimmers come before the high temperatures are recorded.
It was the first recorded shark attack in Cancun
Found the body of a bather without arms, feet and part of the face, is the first attack by a shark at a bather in Quintana Roo
CANCUN, Mexico, in April. 21, 2008 .- The body of a bather, aged 32, was found Sunday on the beaches of this tourist destination, with wounds caused by the shark attack, Civil Defense reported in this municipality.
In a report, the agency indicated that Joram Galleros Villanueva was lost since last Friday afternoon when it was about 300 meters into the sea in 'Beach Dolphins' area known as the viewpoint of the tourist.
After the loss of the bather, the wife Cecilia Valadez Estrada, 32 years old, who is pregnant, gave notice to the authorities and began their search.
According to the party court, some bathers tried to help Gallegos Villanueva, however, the sea was very rough.
It was until this Sunday that the bather's body was found without the two arms of the feet and face.
The report states that the judicial bather, an employee of a security company, arrived on Friday at the beach area, accompanied by his wife, and decided to go swimming. To move away from the coast was lost.
In this regard, the Director of Fisheries of the state government, Severo Góngora Barbosa, said that "these attacks are very fortuitous because the coasts of Quintana Roo escualos species are not large and do not attack.
He explained that the larger varieties that have occurred are the shark 'hotspots'-Carcharhurus Arconotus-up to three meters and is always on depths between 25 and 30 meters.
This is the first attack by a shark at a bather on the coasts of Quintana Roo.
Civil protection authorities have decided to start monitoring safety on beaches to the hundreds of swimmers come before the high temperatures are recorded.