Man Attacks Coworker With Machete

By Brian Hamacher, NBC Miami

August 8, 2012 Updated Aug 8, 2012 at 3:40 PM PDT

A worker for the City of Miami Beach is behind bars after he attacked his coworker with a machete, nearly severing the man's arm, police said.

Guillermo Baez del Castillo, 63, was arrested Tuesday after an altercation with coworker Marcos Fojon, 59, nearly turned fatal, according to a Miami Beach Police arrest report.

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A Miami-Dade judge ordered Baez del Castillo, of Hollywood, held without bond on a charge of attempted first-degree murder with a deadly weapon Wednesday.

The arrest report said Baez del Castillo and Fojon, who both work for the city's Property Management Division, got into a verbal dispute over break times while at a work site in the 1200 block of Michigan Avenue.

Baez del Castillo tried to hit Fojon with a 2x4 but was stopped by a witness, the report said. He then went to his work van and armed himself with his personal machete.

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