Posted on 11/29/2018 9:29:23 AM PST by BenLurkin
Abbey Conner had only been at Iberostar Paraiso Del Mar for a few hours in January 2017 when her family says hotel staff served her and her older brother Austin tainted alcohol at a hotel pool.
Soon after, her family said, Abbey was found by hotel staff floating face down, while her brother was drowning nearby in shallow water. Abbey later died at a Florida hospital; her brother survived.
According to the new wrongful death lawsuit filed in Florida and obtained by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the resort knew "that alcoholic beverages being served" were "tainted, substandard, poisonous," and "unfit for human consumption."
After Conner's death, Mexican authorities raided 31 establishments. They seized around 90 gallons of alcohol being kept in unsanitary conditions. In February, the Journal reports, tests found about 235 gallons of a different seized supply of alcohol contained dangerous levels of methanol, a chemical commonly used in windshield washer fluid.
Daley does not appear to be alone. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, since Conner's death, it has received more than 200 reports from U.S. tourists who had similar experiences at luxury resorts in Mexico.
"We thought we were, you know, safe in a 5-star gated resort but it's apparent that you're not," McGowan said.
...The State Department has previously warned travelers to consume alcohol in moderation in Mexico and immediately seek medical attention if feeling sick.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
“We thought we were, you know, safe in a 5-star gated resort...”
The question is, why? Why would anyone think that?
That’s going to have an effect on business I would guess.
Number of return customers is low.
You’re in mexico. Why would you think you’re safe?
I guess the water isn’t the only thing unsafe in Mexico to drink.
I guess the water isn’t the only thing unsafe in Mexico to drink.
Twice
Methanol attacks the optic nerve. Talk about blind drunk ...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol_toxicity
The initial symptoms of methanol intoxication include central nervous system depression, headache, dizziness, nausea, lack of coordination, and confusion. Sufficiently large doses cause unconsciousness and death. The initial symptoms of methanol exposure are usually less severe than the symptoms from the ingestion of a similar quantity of ethanol. Once the initial symptoms have passed, a second set of symptoms arises, from 10 to as many as 30 hours after the initial exposure, that may include blurring or complete loss of vision, acidosis, and putaminal hemorrhages, an uncommon but serious complication. These symptoms result from the accumulation of toxic levels of formate in the blood, and may progress to death by respiratory failure. Physical examination may show tachypnea, and ophthalmologic examination may show dilated pupils with hyperemia of the optic disc and retinal edema.
You’re in Mexico. Poison, decapitation, they got a million of em.
Next time bring your own Tequila!
A few bottle of water would’nt hurt either.
Assuming you are crazy enough to vacation in Mexico at this time at all, it sounds like you should only order beer and open the beer at your table.
It’s Mexico...…? GO Figure.
Sounds like their using “tax free alcohols” that are commonly denatured with with a handful of chemicals - methanol being one of them.
Ta Killya.
“Never kill a customer”
You go to a failed narco-state and you thought you were safe??
Travel to mexico is just wrong.
well, climb over the wall, and go back to mexico, demand free education, free citizenship, free this that and the other thing, free money from the government, then demand that you be allowed to sue based on your new illegal alien ‘citizenship’ status
illegaL Invaders to our country sue our government all the time- turn about it fair play, right?
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