A 74-year-old U.S. tourist died in Ushuaia after an urgent evacuation from a cruise ship and 24 hours in a local clinic.
A 74-year-old U.S. tourist died in Ushuaia, southern Argentina, after an urgent evacuation from a cruise ship. According to TN, the man was admitted to a local clinic for 24 hours before his death. The incident underscores risks in cruise travel in the popular Patagonian region. No further details on the cause of death or the ship involved have been released.
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Three Argentine women, including a minor, died after their boat sank in the Paraná River in southern Paraguay. The incident happened near midnight on Saturday as they returned from a tourist island near Cerrito. Two minors were rescued, but one man remains missing.
A group of 65 tourists, mostly Swedish, became stranded on King George Island in Antarctica due to a sudden snowstorm. Author Christina Larsson, celebrating her 60th birthday on the expedition, describes huddling for warmth and using trash bags for protection. All were back on the ship M/S Ocean Nova by Monday evening with no reported physical injuries according to the organizer.
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A 55-year-old woman named Mariana Pizarro was found dead in the seat of a long-distance bus in Misiones. She was traveling from Buenos Aires to Posadas. Authorities are investigating the causes of her death.
The bodies of 41-year-old Gisela Mercedes Yurka and her 7-year-old son Gabriel Saru Ovejero were found lifeless in a room at the Hotel Ker in Recoleta, Buenos Aires. The woman had multiple self-inflicted cuts, while the boy died from asphyxia, likely by drowning. The family had been searching for them since the previous Thursday, and authorities are investigating the circumstances.
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A meteotsunami struck the Buenos Aires coast on Monday, killing a 29-year-old man in Santa Clara del Mar and injuring at least 35 people. The event, marked by a wave up to five meters high after a sudden sea retreat, caused panic among tourists and residents. Authorities evacuated beaches and launched emergency operations.
A Texas medical examiner has ruled the death of a Cuban immigrant in ICE detention in El Paso as a homicide. The autopsy revealed asphyxia due to neck and torso compression for Geraldo Lunas Campos, contradicting ICE's account of a suicide attempt. Authorities are attempting to deport two witnesses to the incident.
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The death toll from the December 22, 2024, Mexican Navy (Semar) plane crash in West Galveston Bay, Texas, during a child medical evacuation has risen to six, including two-year-old Federico Efraín Ramírez Cruz and a Shriners Hospital doctor. Two survivors were rescued; President Claudia Sheinbaum offered condolences and ordered an investigation.