A person was attacked and killed by a crocodile at a well-liked beach in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, in line with reports citing the Jalisco State Police.
The victim, who was a 28-year-old man from Mexico, was on the Marina Vallarta Beach near the Marriott Puerto Vallarta Resort and Spa when he was allegedly attacked and dragged out to sea by the crocodile on Friday around 6:30 p.m. local time, Jalisco State Police said in a press release Sunday to ABC News and NBC News Los Angeles.
The victim’s body was reportedly recovered Saturday morning roughly 300 metres offshore following an overnight search and rescue operation at sea and on land, ABC News reports.
Global News has reached out to the Jalisco State Police and the Marriott Puerto Vallarta Resort and Spa for further comment but has not received a response.
Jamie Yetter, her fiancé Chris Bury, and her daughter were staying on the hotel and hanging out by the pool once they heard screams coming from the beach, according to NBC News.
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“We thought we saw a man stuck in a rip current, so Chris took off all the way down to the water and I ran right after him,” Yetter told NBC Los Angeles.
Bury told the outlet that he took off in a kayak and commenced to paddle toward the person to attempt to help him.
“There have been no oars. There was really nothing on the beach in any respect to assist. We were just scrambling, attempting to do what we could,” Bury said. “I used to be on the kayak right when he got pulled under.”
Yetter told ABC News that the crocodile was very large and had the person “by the thigh.”
“He would turn, and the scale of this crocodile, I mean, his head was so long as my torso, his tail thicker than my legs. He was just turning him, taking him under,” she told ABC7.
“He went down, after which, at that time, he stayed down. So I used to be over top of him, however the water was so murky, and also you couldn’t even see a foot down,” Bury added.
The attack took place near the identical beach where two Colorado men were attacked by a crocodile in 2022. The tourists were injured by the crocodile when one went swimming within the ocean at night and the opposite went into the water to assist him.
The civil defence office within the western state of Jalisco told The Associated Press that the primary American suffered bites to his legs, arm, abdomen and chest. The person who entered the water to help suffered a wound to his hand.
The office said each men got first aid on the scene.
—With files from The Associated Press
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