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Hotel in Mexican Cancun was seized after shootout on the beach
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The government of Quintana Roo said there were no casualties among tourists on the popular beach.
In Mexico, on the beach located near the Mexican Cancun, there was a shootout of drug dealers. After the shooting, unknown persons seized the Hyatt Ziva Riviera Cancun Resort. This was announced on Thursday, November 4 by the Mexican TV channel ADN40.
Reporters said one tourist was “slightly injured” after the incident.
It is known that at the time of the attack on the hotel there were tourists from Germany, Russia, the Netherlands, and the United States.
In turn, the authorities of the state of Quintana Roo said that there were no casualties among the tourists of the popular beach, the prosecutor’s office confirmed the death of two criminals during an armed showdown.
“The Quintana Roo State Attorney’s Office reports that clashes between members of opposing drug trafficking groups were recorded at Bahia Petempich Beach in Puerto Morelos. Two participants in the shootout were killed on the spot. No serious casualties were reported.” message prosecutors.
Later in Twitter NBC Universal CEO Mike Singer said a gunman had come from the beach. Guests and staff were told to hide. There was no information about what exactly happened at the hotel – a lone gunman or a massive terrorist seizure. Singer later wrote that the gunman had been detained.
Recall two tourists accidentally died in Mexico, who were the victims of a shootout between local drug dealers. One of them turned out to be 25-year-old Indian-American blogger Anjali Ryot.
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