Two men killed and a third wounded after assassins open fire on beach in popular Mexican tourist resort Tulum
- Gunmen executed two men and wounded another in a shooting on a beach in Tulum, Mexico, on Thursday
- The wounded male attempted to seek refuge from the shooters and was shot in front of a hotel entrance
- The Attorney General's Office for the state of Quintana Roo did not release the names of the victims or provide a motive for the shooting
Assassins killed two men and wounded a third during an attack on a beach in the Mexican Caribbean coastal resort of Tulum.
The suspects opened fired on Playa Paraiso inside Tulum National Park on Thursday approximately at 12:30pm, local media outlets reported.
Authorities found one of the dead individuals lying on the sand while the other man was discovered lying over a beach chair with the fatal gunshot wound.
A third male attempted to seek refuge before the assailants shot him in front of a hotel entrance, although he was not fatally injured.
The Attorney General's Office in the coastal state of Quintana Roo did not provide immediate information on the identities of the victims or a possible motive.
Security forces and paramedics tend to one of the two men who were shot dead on a beach in Tulum, Mexico, on Thursday. The attackers also wounded a third male in front of a beachfront hotel entrance. Authorities have not released the names of the victims and did not have information behind the motive
Tulum has long been known as the most quiet, low-key and laid-back of Mexico's Caribbean coast resorts, without the high-rise development common in Cancún.
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Tulum has long been known as the most quiet, low-key and laid-back of Mexico's Caribbean coast resorts, without the high-rise development common in Cancún.
Drug gangs do operate in the state but until recently there was little violence on beaches and tourists are rarely the targets of armed attacks.
Its popularity among American and British tourists has exploded in recent years, with some locals also complaining that crimes and violence have also rocketed.
Thursday's killings come two weeks after a pair of suspects arrived on the shore of a Cancún beach and shot two men dead. A 30-year-old U.S. tourist, identified as Kanya, was wounded in the June 11 attack at Playa Tortugas.
Security forces and paramedics provide aid to a man who died on the scene after he and another male were shot dead by armed individuals on a beach in Tulum on Thursday
A 30-year-old American woman, identified as Kanya, was wounded Friday at a beach in Cancún, Mexico, after two gunmen stepped off their jet skis and opened fire, killing two male workers outside a gift shop before escaping
Violence in Quintana Roo has declined somewhat from the high levels of 2018 and 2019, when there was an upsurge in killings. There were 278 killings in the state in the first five months of 2021, down from 321 in the same period of 2020.
In January 2017, a shooting at a music festival in Playa del Carmen left three foreigners and two Mexicans dead. Prosecutors have said that shooting was motivated by low-level drug sales.
The state, whose tourism-dependent economy has begun recovering from the coronavirus pandemic, has also been hit in recent weeks by an increase in seaweed-like sargasso hitting beaches and an upswing in coronavirus cases.
An attack by gunmen on a beach in Tulum on Thursday left two men dead and a third wounded. The shooting comes two weeks after assassins murdered two men on a Cancún beach and injured a 30-year-old U.S. tourist
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