Friday, October 4

Drug sales sparked shooting in Puerto Morelos; 'Los Pelones' gang would be behind murders

Behind the shooting that took place in Puerto Morelos, near Cancun, is the dispute over territory by drug dealers, a situation fully identified by the Attorney General of the State of Quintana Roo, Óscar Montes de Oca Rosales.

According to the official, around 15 people came to the beach to assassinate the two subjects who had introduced themselves as the new vendors in the area.

According to the agency, from the result of the first investigations, it was possible to know that at 11 hours with 30 minutes on Thursday, a group of 4 was presented to 5 people and they mentioned that they were going to be in charge of the drug sale in that area of ​​the beach, two of them staying in place. Without being reported to the authority.

Time later, at 14 hours with 10 minutes, approximately , a group of 15 subjects who directly addressed the two people who remained in the beach area , capturing one of them, while another ran into a lodging center where he was finally killed.

Without mentioning his identity or nationality, the authorities mentioned that of These events resulted in an injured person who was transferred to a hospital with injuries that do not represent a risk to his life.



Meanwhile, the bodies were transferred to the Forensic Medical Service where they are expected to be identified by their relatives.

According to Óscar Montes de Oca Rosales , in the area the criminal cell that could be behind the attack, “We have the group of” Los Pelones “working, which are part of what were the Zetas and the Gulf … they themselves were splitting up and now they want to recover spaces, especially now that we are at a green traffic light (From Covid – 19), more tourists are coming, there is more demand for drugs. ”

The prosecutor pointed out that the people who were murdered this afternoon sold marijuana, cocaine and ecstasy. “There is a supply and demand for drugs in the area, so this type of thing is happening.”

Unfortunately we are international news for the shooting in Puerto Morelos (Cancun) at Hotel Hyatt Ziva Riviera.

Different versions indicate that

armed men entered the hotel down the beach to kill a person. There are two dead.

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Who are “Los Pelones”, a criminal gang that plagues Quintana Roo?

According to official data, from 2017 was identified to “Los Pelones”, a group linked to the Gulf Cartel (CDG), which controls drug trafficking and sale in the state of Quintana Roo.

Even “Los Pelones” is attributed the increase in violence in Quintana Roo, developing as a gang related to dozens of homicides and extortion of nightclubs and bars in Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum. But also, with operations in several municipalities in the northern part of the state, where they extort businesses.

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