Bloomberg via Getty Images Gunmen fired into the air, abandoned their jet skis, changed into civilian clothes and fled. Inspector Nocturno Cancun/Facebo Mexican leaders had already deployed 1,500 National Guard members over recent incidents. Tourists at a resort in Cancun were forced to run for their lives. “We just ran and hit the deck,” said Andy Guyrich, a Minnesota tourist. A shooting involving suspected drug dealers has killed four people on a beach in Mexico’s popular Caribbean resort of Cancun. “Just not a good feeling having your kids out here.” “Luckily nobody got hurt, but it could have gone a different way,” US tourist Zayne Jones told KUTV-News. The unidentified gunmen fired into the air, then abandoned their jet skis, changed into civilian clothes and fled, police said. Inspector Nocturno Cancun/Facebo Gunmen on jet skis open fire at Cancun resort as shootings in region surge. Mexican authorities last month deployed a 1,500-strong National Guard force. In the latest incident, five men in military uniforms converged on the “family-friendly” resort and fired about 20 shots, according to reports. The shooting Tuesday at the Oasis Palm resort is just the latest in a rash of gunplay in the region that had Mexican authorities last month deploy a 1,500-strong National Guard force. In late October, farther south in the laidback destination of Tulum, two tourists - one a California travel blogger born in India and the other German - were caught in the apparent crossfire of rival drug dealers and killed.Tourists at a four-star resort in Cancun were forced to run for their lives as gunmen on jet skis stormed the beach and opened fire. In January, prosecutors said the killing of two Canadians near Cancun was motivated by debts between international gangs apparently dedicated to drug and weapons trafficking. The Caribbean coast, Mexico's top tourism money-maker, has been hit by rampant violence.

A commando of masked gunmen in boats stormed ashore and executed two drug dealers from a. Most of the bodies were found in vacant lots or houses. The most recent shooting happened on the beach at the Hyatt Ziva Riviera Cancun in Puerto Morelos.

The National Guard said later there was no evidence of any gunshots having been fired, and said the bangs may have occurred after someone knocked over three free-standing vertical display stands in the terminal.Īlso in March, authorities found four bodies dumped in undergrowth in Cancun, and said they were part of a total of 13 murders committed by the Jalisco cartel in the resort since September. Videos posted on social media showed travellers scrambling and rushing out of a terminal. Flights were suspended for almost three hours after authorities received reports of gunshots at the airport. In March, tourists were sent scrambling by loud bangs heard at the international airport in Cancun. It was the latest instance of violence that has blotted Cancun's reputation as a laid back getaway. The shootings occurred on an avenue lined with restaurants and bars a bit farther inland. One person was killed and six others were injured Friday in shootings on a main boulevard in Mexico's Caribbean coast resort of Cancun, authorities said.Ī suspect had been detained in relation to the attack, which did not take place in the resort's hotel zone, according to prosecutors in the coastal state of Quintana Roo.

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