By: EFE
By: EFE
A group of between 10 and 15 hooded and heavily armed people came aboard al less two boats on the beach in Bahía Petempich , near the Hyatt Ziva Riviera hotel and the Azul Beach Resort Riviera Cancun, in Puerto Morelos, and they were directly on two people , apparently drug dealers or small-scale traffickers of a rival group.
In a first crash, one lost his life of the alleged drug dealers , while the other tried to take refuge in a room inside the hotel.
According to reported by several witnesses and confirmed by the State Attorney’s Office, the man was chased by various public areas of the complex and finally murdered by the members of the rival command in front of several tourists and workers.
According to a bulletin from l a State Attorney’s Office, the first investigations show that it was due to a dispute between gangs for the sale of “toxic substances” in the hotel zone between Cancun and the Riviera Maya.
Hours before of the event, a first group of four or five people arrived in the area and “mentioned that they were going to be in charge of the drug sale in that area of the beach, with two of them staying in place. ”
Tourists , who were mostly in bathing suits on the beach and in the pool area, ran to take refuge in different areas of the hotel as soon as the bullets were heard .
Several of them began to transmit on social networks what was happening and in some videos you can see the hotel staff asking for I encourage them to remain crouched on the floor and remain calm.
Although no further details were specified, Government sources of Quintana Roo reported that a tourist of American nationality with head injuries from a blow with the grip of a weapon was reported , while it has already been ruled out that there are more injured.
The criminals fled the scene in the same boats in which they arrived, and so far no further information has been given about the escape route they would have followed.
After the event, a strong security device was mounted that included the presence of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the National Guard and state corporations.
In an unusual way, since it is not common for him to participate in these operations, a helicopter from the Mexican Navy joined the work surveillance of the whole p erimeter of this hotel complex that can only be easily reached by the main road, as its beach is surrounded by mangroves.
Hours after the event, several workers were visibly affected in their shift change, registering some nervous breakdowns.
Neither the employees nor the few guests who left the facilities gave statements to the press.
In a brief message, the United States Embassy in Mexico said it was informed of the shooting in the beach area shared by the Hyatt Ziva Riviera Cancun, the most affected, and the Azul Beach Resort Riviera Cancun, both in Puerto Morelos.
“The Mexican authorities are responding to the situation. We advise American citizens in the area to contact concerned family and / or friends to inform them that they are safe, ”the authority requested.
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