- Title: Two suspected gang members killed in beach shooting near Cancun resort in Mexico
- Date: 5th November 2021
- Summary: LA PALMA, SPAIN (NOVEMBER 5, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE UNLOADING LUGGAGE FROM CLASSIC CAR CLASSIC CAR DRIVING IN REVERSE SOUNDBITE (English) UK DRIVER, NIGEL, SAYING: “We feel reasonably safe and we’re sure that the authorities will look after us and let us know of anything and if the worse happens we need to move out and we won’t get in the way and we apprec
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- Keywords: Mexican resort of Cancun Two suspected drug gang members beachfront shot dead
- Location: PUERTO MORELOS & CANCUN, QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO
- City: PUERTO MORELOS & CANCUN, QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO
- Country: Mexico
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime,South America / Central America
- Reuters ID: LVA003F2BN493
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Two suspected drug gang members were shot dead on a beachfront near the Mexican resort of Cancun on Thursday (November 4), authorities said, in an apparent gangland slaying a couple of weeks after two tourists were killed in crossfire at another beach.
The attorney general's office in the state of Quintana Roo said warring gangsters faced off on a beach in Bahia Petempich, Puerto Morelos, and two were killed, a few hours after reports of a shooting began circulating on social media.
Police said earlier that a group of armed men carrying long guns was seen in the area of the Azul Beach hotel.
One senior state official said a group of gunmen arrived by boat in pursuit of the men who were slain, in what another Mexican official said appeared to have been a targeted "execution."
The attorney general's office said on Twitter that there were no other serious injuries.
Alarmed tourists tweeted that shots were being fired at a Cancun resort, where staff had told them to hide.
At least one tourist who was in the area was treated for a head injury, local television network Milenio reported.
Mexican security forces were sent in to reinforce Tulum, a popular resort about 80 miles (130 km) from Cancun after two foreign tourists were killed and others injured last month during a shootout between suspected gang members.
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