- Two members suspected of drug trafficking were shot dead on the beach near the Mexican resort of Cancun.
- The apparent gang massacre occurred a few weeks after two tourists were killed in a firefight on another beach.
- Police said earlier that they saw a group of armed men armed with long guns near the Azul Beach Hotel.
Authorities said that on Thursday, two members of suspected drug gangs were shot dead on the beachfront near the Mexican resort of Cancun, apparently in a crossfire on another beach. Two tourists were killed in the crossfire a few weeks later in an apparent gang. Be killed.
The Attorney General’s Office of the State of Quintana Roo stated that the fighting gangsters faced off on a beach in Bahia Petampic, Puerto Morelos, and the two were killed, just as reports of the shooting began on social media. Circulated a few hours later.
Police said earlier that they saw a group of armed men armed with long guns near the Azul Beach Hotel.
A senior state official said that a group of gunmen arrived by boat to hunt down the slain, and another Mexican official said it appeared to be a targeted “execution.”
The attorney general’s office said on Twitter that there were no other serious injuries.
Panicked tourists said on Twitter that someone had shot at the Cancun resort and the staff told them to hide.
Twitter user Mike Hinton told Reuters that he was covering with other guests at his hotel. He said other guests told him that they heard gunshots and a gunman had been on the beach.
“Now hiding in the dark. I was told to be an active shooter on property,” Hinton said. “The medical staff are here.”
Hinton later tweeted that the guests were taken out of the hiding place and taken to the lobby, where they cried and hugged each other.
According to local television network Milenio, at least one tourist in the area received treatment for a head injury.
Mexican security forces were sent to the popular resort of Tulum, about 130 kilometers from Cancun, for reinforcements after two foreign tourists were killed in a gun battle between suspected gang members last month and others were injured.
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