![]() ![]() Usually, you can’t find these posts when you look for them, because as soon as someone posts one of these news stories, Trip Advisor takes it down, declaring it “not family friendly”. ![]() You can look for the cities with the highest homicide rates (they don’t seem to be any in QR, however, QR has a homicide rate of 46.2, which is very high, far higher by several orders of magnitude than any US state, and roughly twice the homicide rate for DC, which leads the nation and around 14 times the rate for New York state, which many consider to have a high homicide rate but which has seen declines for decades.Īside from that, I heard on this forum that there have been tourists shot recently (I believe it was a German not an American and it was around January) and there was also an armed hold up of a boutique hotel around the same time in QR (someplace like Cozumel or Tulum, I can’t recall). This site offers really good infographics that summarize the current situation: on Main Street in the town of Red River among members of outlaw motorcycle gangs, New Mexico State Police said Sunday. Mexico: Authorities find 8 bodies in Cancun resort as drug cartel violence rages Fox News Mexican authorities said five bodies were discovered near the Cancun resort while another three. ![]() The rate of gun related intentional homicides in Mexico in recent years is far higher - if you look at the statistics around 5 times higher - than in the USA. Most of the bodies were found in vacant lots or houses.While there is some truth to the notion that your chance of witnessing a shooting is small, it is probably a lot less likely that you will encounter a gun shooting in the USA than in Mexico. The National Guard said later there was no evidence of any gunshots having been fired, and said the bangs may have occurred after someone knocked over three free-standing vertical display stands in the terminal.Īlso in March, authorities found four bodies dumped in undergrowth in Cancun, and said they were part of a total of 13 murders committed by the Jalisco cartel in the resort since September. Videos posted on social media showed travelers scrambling and rushing out of a terminal. EST Mexican security forces oversee the destruction of an illegal establishment used by drug dealers on the outskirts of Cancún. Flights were suspended for almost three hours after authorities received reports of gunshots at the airport. An active shooter situation at a Mexican resort in Cancun forced beachgoers and hotel guests to hide until authorities could safely bring them to the hotel lobby. In March, tourists were sent scrambling by loud bangs heard at the international airport in Cancun. It was the latest instance of violence that has blotted Cancun’s reputation as a laid back getaway. The shootings occurred on an avenue lined with restaurants and bars a bit farther inland. Mexico Gunmen on Jet Skis Show Up at Cancun Resort Beach, Fire Shots, Police Say A Maine tourist who witnessed the attack said two or three gunmen appeared to be shooting into the air with. Police are still investigating the cause of death. One person was killed and six others were injured Friday in shootings on a main boulevard in Mexico’s Caribbean coast resort of Cancun, authorities said.Ī suspect had been detained in relation to the attack, which did not take place in the resort’s hotel zone, according to prosecutors in the coastal state of Quintana Roo. American tourists on alert after deadly shooting on Cancun beach Authorities say four bodies were found near the beach in the popular tourist city. ![]()
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