![]() ![]() “About 15 people arrived on the beach to assassinate two men who had showed up saying they were the new dealers in the area,” Oscar Montes de Oca, attorney general for the state of Quintana Roo, told Radio Formula. The assailants arrived by boat and wore ski masks, officials said. Two men, presumed to be drug dealers, died in the attack - one on the beach and the other inside one of the hotels, according to ABC News. AFP via Getty Images Four Americans were hurt in the shooting, three of which did not have to go to the hospital. ![]() Facebook Expert services workers are seen outside the Hyatt Ziva Riviera hotel following the shooting. Tourists had been at the Hyatt Ziva Riviera Cancun for “Day of the Dead” celebrations. A nightclub shooting in Mexico’s tourist hot spot of Cancun killed at least one person and wounded as many as six others on Friday night when armed men exited vehicles and began firing guns. The gunfire sent LGBT tourists, at the Hyatt for a weeklong gay “Day of the Dead” celebration, diving for cover and barricading themselves in their hotel rooms, The Independent reported. Rival drug gangs engaged in the Thursday gunfight on the beach outside Azul Beach Resort and the Hyatt Ziva Riviera in Puerto Morales, about 40 minutes by car from Cancun. Mexico is wonderful and a little creativity can solve any woes.A shootout between rival drug gangs at a ritzy Cancun resort left four Americans hurt, according to reports. If you do have concern, there’s plenty of other Mexican destinations to explore, some will offer far more authentic, laid back and unique experiences. Still, the boldness of recent attacks drifting into tourist areas is reason for concern. Statistically, travel to Mexico remains as safe as it’s ever been, and shootings happen pretty much everywhere at some point. There’s even a tequila train, which for $160 will get you buzzed between Guadalajara and a town quite literally named Tequila. For outdoorsy types, Monterrey and the Highlands around Mexico city are stunning. ![]() What I’m trying to say, is that there are an enumerable amount of other choices in Mexico, if you are put off by recent violent incidents in the Quintana Roo area. It stretches from the southern edge of California down to Central America, which if you look at a map - is massive. With a Gulf and a Pacific Coast, Mexico is massive. Mexico City is an incredible destination for any visitor, but like any other city in the world, there’s an element of crime. Other areas of Mexico have experienced more stability, but that’s caveated by the fact that cities are cities. In one instance, there was a shooting involving 15 gang members on a beach outside a major US hotel chain in Cancun, which left two drug dealers dead. Unfortunately, the greater Quintana Roo area has experienced a series of worrisome events, involving gangland shootings in areas of heavy tourism. Quintana Roo Has Been Most Impacted By Violence It’s not the only recent event to rock the Cancun and greater Quintana Roo area. In an event which is still unfolding, there were scenes of panic yesterday as news of either an explosion, or gunshots at Cancun International Airport made headlines. Mexico has always battled with some level of violence in areas not widely frequented by tourists, as a result of ongoing cartel issues, but things have taken an unfortunate turn recently, straight out of the Netflix series ‘Narcos Mexico’. And then there’s the scenic land, the history, the people and the incredible hotels. ![]() Cuisine with as much variation as one could ever dream of, also check. ![]()
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