Crocodile Kills Man at Tourist Beach in Mexico in Front of US Couple on Vacation
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
The incident occurred at Marina Vallarta beach, near the Marriott Puerto Vallarta Resort and Spa, around 6:30 p.m., according to the Jalisco State Police. The man was only identified as a 28-year-old Mexican who was in Puerto Vallarta for work. Jamie Yetter, her fiancé Chris Bury, and their teenage daughter were staying at the hotel. The three were in the hotel pool when they heard screams coming from the beach. 'We thought we saw a man caught in a rip current, so Chris ran toward the water and I followed right behind him,' Yetter told NBC Los Angeles. Bury said he jumped into a kayak, without a paddle, in a quick attempt to reach the man and help him. 'There were no paddles. There was really nothing on the beach to help. We were improvising, trying to do what we could,' Bury said. 'I was in the kayak just when he got pulled under.' The victim was located in the water more than 12 hours later and was recovered early Saturday morning, confirmed the Jalisco State Police to NBCLA. By Saturday morning, less than a day after the attack, people were swimming in the same area of the sea with their families. Yetter shared that there are signs on the path to the beach from the hotel warning about jellyfish, stingrays, and crocodiles in the water, but noted that her family thought the image of a crocodile was that of an iguana. NBCLA reached out to the Marriott Puerto Vallarta Resort and Spa, which did not comment on the attack but is awaiting a response from its corporate office regarding the incident. The attack on Friday occurred near the same beach where two men from Colorado were attacked by a crocodile in July 2022.
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