[kellyhound]

Three Canadian visitors have been shot by a lone gunman in their hotel in the Mexican resort town of Playa del Carmen in an attack security officials are calling targeted and alleging involved individuals with criminal records.

One of the tourists died of his injuries while being transported to hospital following the incident on Friday, according to the Quintana Roo state public security secretary, who confirmed the nationality of the victims.

The state prosecutor’s office later told that a second Canadian had died of his injuries.

The first person who died – identified as ATCH – “had a criminal record: drug trafficking, use of a false identity, among other things”, the office said.

ATCH “was considered a very dangerous person in Canada”.

The second deceased victim, RJD, “also had a criminal history”, according to the prosecutor’s office.

A lone attacker dressed in a grey tracksuit and brandishing a pistol on the grounds of the hotel. A video showed people shrieking as a victim received first aid. The video later panned to show two more victims lying by the pool.

“He’s still breathing,” one person could be heard saying amid the chaos.

The attacker escaped into the thick tropical vegetation surrounding Xcaret – which is famed for its theme parks on the Riviera Maya – and remains at large. The shooting “stemmed from an argument between hotel guests”.

[Necrotic Bowel]

Canadians are nothing but trouble makers. Everybody says.

[gorefanatic]

Maybe a targeted hit.

[pokerplay]

Must've been a cheap vacation. So dangerous to vacation in Mexico.

[Tyrantus]

"attack security officials are calling targeted and alleging involved individuals with criminal records."
Ya think?

[docfr8]

Originally Posted by Necrotic Bowel ↗

Canadians are nothing but trouble makers. Everybody says.

I married one so Everybody was Kung Fu fighting

[stranglewank]

God damn. I’m Canadian and just went to a destination wedding in the same area a few years ago. I told my buddy that he should convince his wife to go somewhere other than that shithole, but we still ended up with that gamble.

Cancún airport ended up having all the water stop running, and our flight delayed by 10 hours on the way back.

Nice weather and cool sightseeing isn’t worth the risk of being there.

[HYPRTCKR]

~ The C.O.D. only, no checks or credit cards accepted, drug sales restrictions were probably violated or impinged upon.

[Sgt.Reaper]

Going on vacation to what amounts to a third-world shithole is always
a bad life choice.

[Brynjar]

Originally Posted by Sgt.Reaper ↗

Going on vacation to what amounts to a third-world shithole is always
a bad life choice.

It used to not be.