Posted on 12/09/2021 7:05:45 AM PST by rktman
A shooting on a beach in Mexico might have tourists rethinking their vacation plans.
Multiple attackers rolled up to Playa Langosta in Cancun's hotel zone on jet skis and began opening fire on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press.
Nobody was injured, but tourists were rattled by the incident.
Zayne Jones of Utah said his wife and kids were at the hotel's pool on the beach at the time.
“I ran to the balcony to tell them to get down and get to a corridor and get cover," Jones told KUTV-TV in Salt Lake City.
"Luckily nobody got hurt, but it could have gone a different way," Jones added. "Just not a good feeling having your kids out here."
Kerry Arms, who was visiting from Minnesota, told the AP, "There was a delayed reaction for about maybe five seconds, then everybody started scrambling and screaming and crying, and running."
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
May have to watch it.
You are mostly correct, however the US does play a large part in the current violence in the Cancun area. In short, when El Chapo was arrested and extradited to the US, it set off a power struggle among the Mexican drug gangs. El Chapo used to rule the state of Quintana Roo (where Cancun is) with an iron fist. There was to be no violence against or around tourists, because if Cancun was safe, his customers would come to him. Since his extradition however, there is now a power vacuum, and other gangs are trying to take over. Since they are not as smart as El Chapo, they are ramping up the violence which is causing reports such as this to surface. It is not that different to what happened to Acupulco. Mexico has invested a lot in turning the Riviera Maya into a world class destination ... how (and if) they regain control will determine if Cancun will survive.
Who wants to go to Mexico - especially with their kids?? Thinking of going to Belize to do some fishing...
“May have to watch it.”
Definitely worth a watch. You’ll enjoy it.
I put it on my IMBd watch list. I read all the Mitch Rapp books.
Vacation in a 3rd world shithole and...........
No injuries? This wasnt any cartel.
They were lucky they weren't attacked by "Evil Gonzalez"
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