Cancun shooting: Drug violence sparks chaos at popular tourist resort in Mexico
“There was a confrontation between members of hostile teams of drug sellers on a seaside in Bahía Petempich, Puerto Morelos. Two of them misplaced their lives on the scene,” the Quintana Roo state prosecutor’s workplace tweeted.
No different critical accidents have been reported, it mentioned. A tweet by the state secretariat of public safety additionally emphasised that “there aren’t any severely injured or kidnapped vacationers.”
Puerto Morelos is a well-liked vacationer space on Mexico’s japanese coast, about 25km (about 15 miles) south of Cancun.
A number of company staying on the Hyatt Ziva Riviera Cancun informed CNN that they had been informed to shelter in place for worry of a risk to the resort. One mentioned that they had heard a number of gunshots whereas on the pool space and workers briefly led them into hiding.
“I used to be by the pool when a number of successive gunshots occurred. It went on for a short while and everybody dove for canopy,” mentioned the visitor.
“We manned the entrances to the basement and got metallic sticks, even a pedestal rest room sink, to defend ourselves,” the visitor mentioned.
The Hyatt resort firm mentioned native workers are working with legislation enforcement.
“The security and wellbeing of company and colleagues is all the time a high precedence. We’re conscious of a creating scenario at Hyatt Ziva Riviera Cancun. We perceive the resort staff instantly engaged native authorities who’re on the scene investigating the scenario,” a Hyatt spokesperson mentioned Thursday.
The US Embassy in Mexico Metropolis can also be “conscious of the studies and the consulate in Merida is trying into the incident,” a spokesperson informed CNN.
