Tuesday, November 12

Two men are reported killed in a shooting on the beach in the hotel zone of Cancun


Según los informes preliminares, hombres armados irrumpieron en la zona de Playa Tortugas..
According to preliminary reports, armed men broke into the Playa Tortugas area.

Photo: PEDRO PARDO / AFP / Getty Images

Two men died when a group of hitmen appeared in the Playa Tortugas corridor in Cancun and opened fire on them, according to the newspaper Milenio.

The alleged execution was presented at the height of the kilometer 6.5 of the Hotel Zone of this tourist destination, reported security authorities.

A tourist from Kentucky was injured for a stray bullet and was transferred to a private clinic where she is reported as delicate.

According to preliminary information provided by the Secretary of Public Security of the state, firearm shots were reported to the emergency line of 911 and the security protocols were activated.

The area was under the protection of Quintana Roo police officers and elements of the Navy.

While agents of the Public Ministry of the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) began the investigation.

Various publications on social networks report the shooting that allegedly took place in a resort and American tourists from the adjacent Hyatt Ziva Riviera resort took refuge in their rooms. ones.

Terrified guests took to social media to report the shooting.

All guests and employees told to duck, and we’re all taken to hiding places at Hyatt Ziva Riviera Cancun Resort. Active shooter? Terrorist or kidnapping threat? They’re not telling us anything. pic.twitter.com/Hf7SRzRJIZ

– Mike Sington (@MikeSington) November 4, 2021

Andrew Krop reported to the British newspaper The Sun: “ My husband is an artist from the gay vacation group Vacaya.

“They have been staying at the Hyatt Ziva resort in Cancun. About half an hour ago he called me and told me that the men had stormed the beach with machine guns and started firing. He ran with some friends and is hiding in a room ”. now.”

🔺 # PLUS : After having been taken to shelters during the shooting, guests of the Hyatt Ziva Riviera hotel in Cancun congregated in the lobby.

📹: MikeSington pic .twitter.com / RpwoEJOAKm – Carlos Zúñiga Pérez (@Carloszup) November 4, 2021

Mike Sington, an executive at NBC Universal, took to Twitter and wrote: “All the guests and employees were told to duck, and we were taken to hiding places at the Hyatt Ziva Riviera Cancun Resort. Active shooter? Terrorist or kidnapping threat? They are not telling us anything ”.

The NBC executive added: “Active shooter on the property of the Hyatt Ziva Riviera Cancun Resort. All guests and employees are in hiding. The paramedics have arrived ”.