MEXICO | Guerrero | Boca de la Leña, La Unión

Incident Details:

year: 2012
location: Boca de la Leña, La Unión
area: Guerrero
country: MEXICO
fatality: non fatal
species: 3m bull shark
victim: Benigno Medina Navarrete
gender: Ma
age: 46
injury: Left hand severed
time: 09h00
species detail: Bull shark
source: El Sol ee Morelia, 5/30/2012
species: 3m bull shark shark
date: 2012.05.29
activity: Free diving / spearfishing

Reconstruction of the Shark Attack

In the year 2012 on the date reported as 2012.05.29 - Benigno Medina Navarrete , a female aged 46 was Free diving / spearfishing near Boca de la Leña, La Unión. A 3m bull shark shark was reported to have attacked Benigno Medina Navarrete . The attack was non-fatal (Left hand severed)