American cruise passenger, 70, snaps mugger's neck in Costa Rica
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- An American senior citizen aboard a tour bus killed an alleged mugger by breaking his neck with his bare hands while his traveling companions fended off two other assailants in the Atlantic coast city of Limon, police said.
The American, who is about 70 years old and retired from the Marines, put the 20-year-old in a head lock and broke his neck after the suspect and two other men armed with a knife and .38 caliber gun held up the tour bus, said Luis Hernandez, the police chief of Limon, 80 miles east of San Jose.
After the attack, they put Segura's body on their bus and found a police officer in Limon to report the incident.
The tourists left on the Carnival cruise ship Liberty after the incident and Hernandez said authorities do not plan to press charges against them.
``They were in their right to defend themselves after being held up,'' he said.
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