Oh Snap! Don’t Mess With Our Tourists

Even if they are old. You never know if you are up against a former Marine. The late Wagner Segura, a 20-year old Costa Rican professional mugger, learned this lesson the hard way.

From Reuters here:

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) – A group of U.S. tourists, including a former Marine, killed a Costa Rican mugger by breaking his neck after he pulled a gun on them in a Caribbean port, a local police official said on Thursday.

The cruise ship passengers told police they jumped on Wagner Segura, 20, to defend themselves when he pointed a .38 caliber revolver at them near the Caribbean port of Limon on Wednesday, and somehow snapped his neck, regional police director Luis Hernandez said.

Segura died instantly and two other unidentified thieves, one of whom was armed with a knife, fled the scene, Hernandez said.

“One of the tourists was a former Marine and he was probably the one who broke his neck,” Hernandez said. “His neck was completely snapped.”

No charges will be filed against the tourists because police viewed the incident as an act of self-defense. The Americans were passengers aboard the Carnival cruise ship Legend.

Last time I went on a cruise I almost got jumped in Jamaica. I certainly hope that word gets around that American Tourists are not to be trifled with! In one story, I heard that the former Marine was a senior citizen, aged 70.