A man shot three guests of Canadian origin at the five-star hotel. One of them died in the hospital and another in the ambulance.
EXCELSIOR.- On the afternoon of Friday, January 21st, local media outlets reported on social networks about a shooting that broke out inside the premises of the luxurious Xcaret Hotel, something that used to be totally unthinkable, it is now more and more frequent. The Quintana Roo Public Security authorities confirmed the facts.
On Twitter, the user @ fvidal1 had reported that a shooting had occurred at Xcaret.
#CirculaEnRedes | La policía se hace presente enlas instalaciones del #HotelXcaret luego de que se registrarán balazos al interior del lugar.
— MegaNews (@MegaNews_MX) January 21, 2022
Más información en breve.https://t.co/c1Bhl9bJlb pic.twitter.com/m9ry3ZjG1O
According to information, the park employees were guarded in the restaurant area and the waiters were locked in the kitchen after the shooting.
Sobre los deplorables acontecimientos del hotel Xcaret, los tres lesionados fueron traslados de inmediato al hospital, en donde lamentablemente uno fallece, los tres huéspedes son de origen Canadiense. pic.twitter.com/R9Ax57DCUu
— Lucio Hernández Gutiérrez (@Lucio_HG) January 21, 2022
Likewise, it was learned that the firearm shots were fired inside the Xcaret hotel, in which one Canadian was killed two people were injured.
It was reported hours later on Grupo Imagen that one of the injured
Derivado del reporte de disparos de arma de fuego en el interior del hotel Xcaret, se informa de tres personas lesionadas, derivado de una discusión entre huéspedes del hotel, información en proceso.@SSP_QROO
— Lucio Hernández Gutiérrez (@Lucio_HG) January 21, 2022
“This is the guest who shot causing the injuries that later caused the death of one of them, the authorities of the coordination group are deploying a strong operation for his capture, any information for a prompt arrest will be deeply appreciated,” he wrote in a message.
Este es el huésped que disparó ocasionando las lesiones que posteriormente provocaran la muerte a uno de ellos, las autoridades del grupo de coordinacion despliegan fuerte operativo para su captura, cualquier información para pronta detención estaremos profundamente agradecidos. pic.twitter.com/PRDC0hhBBe
— Lucio Hernández Gutiérrez (@Lucio_HG) January 21, 2022
Authorities reported that the shooting occurred after an argument between hotel guests.
Reportan tiroteo en hotel de Xcaret.
— Turquesa News (@infoturquesa) January 21, 2022
Más información en https://t.co/0JEWC5x2ds @SSP_QROO @El_Universal_Mx @infobae pic.twitter.com/8xQgwj73KG
During the last year, various attacks have been perpetrated on tourist sites in the Caribbean.
The last one occurred on November 4 when two drug dealers were murdered in front of the beaches of the Hyatt Ziva Riviera hotel, in Puerto Morelos.
A commando of at least 12 people arrived in a boat, killed them, and fled in the same water vehicle, an issue that was recorded on video.
In September, a woman was shot at on Fifth Avenue in Playa del Carmen, located in the Municipality of Solidaridad, on one of the busiest pedestrian streets for domestic and foreign tourists in Quintana Roo.
In June, two people were attacked at Playa Tortugas in Cancun, a situation in which an American woman was injured.
