Posted on 12/07/2021 6:42:13 PM PST by BenLurkin
The shooting is the latest in a string of violent incidents on the resort-studded coast, and came in the same week that a special battalion of National Guard troops were assigned to protect the area. Mexican marines with bulletproof vests, helmets and assault rifles were seen patrolling Cancun’s tourist-crowded beaches following the Tuesday shooting.
On Nov. 5, a commando of drug gang gunmen stormed a beach at Puerto Morelos, a resort just south of Cancun, and opened fire in front of luxury hotels, executing two drug dealers from a rival gang. The dramatic shooting attack sent tourists scrambling for cover.
The Puerto Morelos shooting came two weeks after a California travel blogger and a German tourist were killed in a similar shootout in the beach town of Tulum in October.
A San Jose, California woman born in India, Anjali Ryot, and German citizen Jennifer Henzold were apparently hit by crossfire from the Oct. 20 drug dealers’ shootout in Tulum, south of Puerto Morelos.
Three other foreign tourists were wounded in the shooting at a street-side eatery that has some outdoor tables, right off Tulum’s main strip. They included two German men and a Dutch woman.
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Meh. Chicago on an average weekday.
But it’s Mutual Combat, so it’s OK.
A lot has changed since then. I love Isla Mujeres although it has turned from a modest fishing village island to a boutique island (since I was there 10 years ago). Thst tiny island has a police/swat training center and a naval base. It’s only 1.5 miles wide (at its widest) by 3 miles long. The marina was filled with seized yachts. I heard the cartels are on the island now. Back in the day - it was a fishing island. I loved it there. It ‘was’ authentic snd special. Now it’s been ruined by snobby people who want massages. Yea I’m a bit pissed about it.
The shooters I saw at Cancun cost me dearly the next day.
“The resort-studded coast” is toast. Surfers do not go south of the border any more, since surfers know all the stories about getting marched into a cop car and placed in a jail while wearing wet suits. No permission given to dry off. Plus, wallets getting stolen, girlfriends harassed and polluted oceans.
Florida is nice, this time of year.
Chinese PLA taking notes for Taiwan landing.
“What is this, a James Bond movie?”
I was thinking an episode from Miami Vice. Bad economy his drug dealers hard. Had to trade in their cigarette boats for jet skis.
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