Senior citizens from cruise fight off would-be muggers, kill one

A group of Caribbean-cruising senior citizens, including a former Marine, turned the tables on three armed attackers Wednesday, scaring two off and killing the third.

After arriving in Limon, Costa Rica, onboard Carnival Liberty, the twelve seniors set out together to tour the area with a van driver they had hired independently. After one of the would-be robbers, reported as Wagner Segura, 20, pulled a gun on the group, the seniors jumped on him and--according to conflicting reports--either asphyxiated him, broke his neck, or both. The other two muggers fled.

Then the plucky seniors put Segura's body on their tour bus, and delivered him to the authorities. Police didn't detain the cruisers, concluding that they acted in self-defense, noting that Segura was a known criminal.

Carnival Cruise Line reports that, after learning of the incident, they dispatched a ship's officer to assist their guests and escort them back to the ship. The cruise passengers all elected to continue on with their vacation.

Carnival also pointed out that this group was not on a ship-sponsored tour.