Canadian Guests Killed After Gunfire Erupts at Ritzy Playa del Carmen Resort

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UPDATE: A second victim has died in the shooting at the Xcaret Hotel in Playa del Carmen. The gunman still remains at large.

A shooting at a ritzy resort near Cancun left two Canadians dead and one other injured Friday, Mexican authorities said.

The gunman remains at large. The shooting is the latest in a spate of horrific violence in the vacation hotspot. A man wielding a gun was caught on CCTV at the five-star Xcaret Hotel, located at popular Playa del Carmen, in a gray sweatsuit by the pool. Lucio Hernández Gutiérrez, the Public Secretary of Defense for the state of Quintana Roo, said gunfire broke out after a group of Canadian guests got into an argument. The guests and the gunman have not been identified.After authorities swarmed the compound, the three victims were transported to the hospital.

Guests recorded eerie videos of the deserted resort around the time of the shooting. In one, a band could be heard still playing a drumbeat in the distance. A string of violent attacks have plagued Cancun tourist destinations in recent months. In early November,

 

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This has to be the shooter

Yikes. Stayed there several times...

Damn tourists wanting drugs while on vacation. Cartels see money, not people.

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