SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) -- A tour group of U.S. senior citizens fought off a band of muggers in eastern Costa Rica, sending two of the assailants fleeing and killing a third, police said Thursday.

One of the tourists -- a retired U.S. serviceman whom officials estimated was in his 70s -- allegedly put Warner Segura in a headlock and broke his clavicle after the 20-year-old and two other men armed with a knife and gun held up their tour bus Wednesday, said Luis Hernandez, the police chief of Limon, 80 miles east of San Jose.

The Americans had arrived in Limon on the Carnival Cruise Lines ship Carnival Liberty.

"It was a group of 12 senior citizens from the United States who were going to spend a few hours in the area, but their tour bus entered a dangerous sector known as Cieneguita", Hernandez said.

The tourists drove Segura to the local Red Cross branch, but he was declared dead, Hernandez said. He declined to give the names or hometowns of the tourists.

The Red Cross also treated one of the tourists for an anxiety attack, Hernandez said.

Costa Rican authorities said they did not plan to file charges against the tourists, who left on their cruise ship after the incident.

"They were in their right to defend themselves after being held up," Hernandez said.

Hernandez said Segura had previous charges against him for assaults.

 

way to kick butt!!!

 

nice

 

of course someone in hanover would find something like that. j/k. that man had ***** of steel.

 

costa rica must have small people.

 

I don't care if they were 4 foot tall and 60 pounds. They had a knife and a gun! Those old folks put a thumpin' on them. I bet that story will liven up the shuffleboard and bingo matches all the way back home.

 

Must be nice to just kill someone and hop back on your cruise ship!

Old people get away with everything. If I was being mugged and I killed the attacker I'd probably at least be taken downtown for questioning... Crazy story!

-THE DON

 

^^^^^
haha--It was Costa Rica not Costa Mesa---everywhere is not like CA........

 

going with the theme of this thread back in the day https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=162686

back in the day we used to attack and murder muggers like you and get away with it too

 

I'm sure they were questioned. The police didn't have a reason to keep them detained.
Costa Rican authorities said they did not plan to file charges against the tourists, who left on their cruise ship after the incident.
"They were in their right to defend themselves after being held up," Hernandez said.
Hernandez said Segura had previous charges against him for assaults.
Sounds to me like it ended exactly the way it should have.

 

nice find

 

Wow, the retired service member (Marines? Army? Navy?) killed the dude with his bare hands? Well, that's one guy who won't be mugging any more old people.

 

haha awesome!

sadly enough, however, there are people in THIS country who would disagree with this statement:

Unfathomable...