It happened on the Saturday, September 10th holiday at around 2:00 in the afternoon. Brothers Frank, 34 and Leroy Tejeda, 33 were chopped up allegedly by 21 year-old Ladyville resident Jessie Mejia.

Police say that the brothers were at their mother's barbeque stall across from the Lord's Bank cutoff on the Philip Goldson highway. Mejia - who had an old beef with the brothers - got into a fight with both of them.

He left the area and returned with a machete which he used to attack both men. Leroy Tejeda only got an injury to the right thumb, but his brother Frank received a large cut wound to the right side of his face and another large cut wound to his back. His condition has been upgraded from critical to stable.