The event occurred last night in the Castilla community, about 35 km from Puerto Casado, department of Alto Paraguay, where a man went hunting due to lack of food in his community.
In his attempt to capture the alligator, he was attacked by the animal, which injured him at ankle height, according to what the locals told Npy.
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The residents they assisted him and took him back to the community, where they gave him first aid in a precarious medical dispensary.
However, they wait until these hours sending health professionals by air, taking into account that it cannot be reached by land, because the roads are impassable.
The victim belongs to the ethnic group maskoifrom the Puerto Casado district, which is currently under water.
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The entrance Indigenous tried to hunt an alligator and was attacked was first published on newspaper TODAY.
