a couple of Canadians was beheaded and their bodies were found in an apartment in the resort of Playa del Carmen (east), in the Mexican Caribbean, reported the Quintana Roo state prosecutor’s office.
The victims, according to a police report, have neck injuries. caused by a razor or knife.
A guard at the place, located in the heart of Playa del Carmen, was injured, according to the Quintana Roo prosecutor’s office, where the Mexican Caribbean resorts are located.
In the tourist department where the bodies were located, identifications were located with at least three different names of the man, who according to authorities was wanted internationally for fraud.
The authorities have not been able to determine if the victims were residents of Playa del Carmen or tourists, although it is presumed that they were in the Mexican Caribbean since last April.
On January 21, two other Canadians were killed and one was wounded in a shooting in a hotel complex near Cancun.
The beach resorts of the Mexican Caribbean, the main recipients of international tourists, have been shaken by different violent acts for several yearsbut they are usually recorded in distant sectors of the tourist area.
However, in recent months attacks in tourist areas have multiplied.
Last March, a British resident of Playa del Carmen was shot to death in broad daylight while traveling with his daughter in his car.
On January 26, an Argentine who was the manager of a popular club in Playa del Carmen He was killed with two shots to the head.
In November 2020, two suspected drug dealers were shot dead on an exclusive hotel beach outside Cancun.
In October, another shootout between suspected traffickers left two tourists dead, one German and one Indian, in Tulum.
Quintana Roo authorities have indicated that most of these attacks are related to retail drug sales or extortion.
The Mexican Caribbean is one of the main beach destinations in the world. It is also the emblem of tourism in the country, an activity that represents 8.5% of GDP.
Mexico is shaken by a wave of violence linked to drug trafficking in the midst of which more than 340,000 people have been killed since December 2006, according to official figures.
