Several people were killed and injured during the shooting in a bar. Including several Germans.
Tulum – Two drug gangs quarrel in Mexico killed several people. Two women from Germany and India were killed in the shooting in a bar in the holiday resort of Tulum.
Two men and a woman from the Netherlands were seriously injured. This was announced by the Attorney General of the State of Quintana Roo to the German Press Agency upon request. Two rival drug gangs shot at each other in the “La Malquerida” bar on Thursday night (local time).
Carnage in Mexico: dead and injured after gang shootings
The authorities contacted the relevant consulates, as the Public Prosecutor General said. One of the victims died on site, the second woman later died in hospital from her injuries.
The police have initiated an investigation and a search for the perpetrators. A perpetrator was later found injured in a hospital.
Shooting in Tulum: vacation paradise and center of violence
Tulum, south of Cancun, is a popular vacation destination on the Caribbean coast. Beautiful beaches, archaeological sites and parties attract tourists from all over the world.
However, drug trafficking-related violence does occur again and again. In addition, various cartels are involved in protection racket in the region.
The Quintana Roo Ministry of Security recently identified six criminal organizations active in Tulum, including the Sinaloa cartel and the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación criminal syndicate. In the past few months there had been repeated shootings and attacks with several deaths. It was only in June that a woman from the United States was hit and injured by a ricochet.
Violence in Mexico: 100 dead every day
Mexico suffers from a massive problem of violence. Nearly 100 homicides are recorded in the Latin American country every day. In addition, there are more than 88,000 people who are considered to have disappeared. Most of the crimes are never resolved. The Mexican President Manuel López Obrador already tried to suppress the violence with social projects, but the successes fail and hope is fading. (Aa / dpa)
