Tag: Gonzalo Leal

• Saturday, February 3rd 2024 - 00:17 UTC

  Uruguayan surgeon dies meters away from Buenos Aires before completing River Plate swim

  

  In a daring attempt to swim across the Rio de la Plata from Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay, to Argentina, experienced Uruguayan swimmer and surgeon Gonzalo Leal tragically lost his life. Leal, from the Uruguayan department of Salto, suffered a cardiac arrest shortly after reaching the shore of Buenos Aires, according to El País.