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Montevideo, January 15th 2025 - 05:12 UTC

Tag: Gastón Burlón

  • Tuesday, January 14th 2025 - 10:18 UTC

    Former Bariloche official shot in Rio dies

    Burlón wound up in the middle of a favela after following GPS directions

    A 51-year-old Argentine traveler who was mugged and shot in the head in a Rio de Janeiro favela on Dec. 12, 2024, after mistakenly following GPS directions, died Monday after nearly a month in the Souza Aguiar Municipal Hospital's Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Gastón Burlón was a former Tourism Secretary in the Patagonian skiing resort of Bariloche until 2023.

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