Posted on 02/18/2019 6:21:48 AM PST by rktman
Five people have been shot dead and five more wounded in Cancún after gunmen burst into a bar in the Mexican resort city and opened fire.
Quintana Roo state prosecutors said the attack on Saturday took place in a club called La Kuka, on a main avenue in central Cancún about 6km (4 miles) away from the Caribbean resort city’s seaside tourist hotel zone, situated on the Yucatán Peninsula.
Prosecutors said four men carrying a long gun and three handguns entered and began shooting. Two of the injured were in critical condition.
Violence has been rising in Cancún and the state of Quintana Roo as a whole amid reports of the Jalisco New Generation cartel moving into the area and fighting local gangs for control.
Last month federal authorities reported that 774 people had been killed in the state last year, more than double the 359 killings recorded in 2017.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
There goes the tourist business......
Don’t get off the cruise ship in Cancun.
Waiting for it: “Bush’s fault” or “Trump’s fault”.
Rahm’s fault
Guns from Holder...nobody wants to mention “obamas- fast and furious”
Coming soon to a liberal city near you.
Let’s have open borders, by all means.
I know how to fix this! Mexico needs MORE GUN CONTROL!
Oh, wait...
Central America is very violent. Mexico has a high crime rate. The government is not in control. So if you are in the way of the local gangs you will pay the price. Many go to special resorts, especially those that are on islands or remote coastal areas. The resorts have their own police, but if the gangs come in, they are powerless to protect their tourists. Fortunately, this does not happen often. But that is changing.
By the way, Mexico’s murder rate is far higher than Chicago’s.
Ban Mexican tourist spots...
>>Don’t get off the cruise ship in Cancun.
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I just spent a wonderful week in Cancun.
This happened in a lace far away from the tourist zones. It s like something happening in El Monte, then saying “stay way from Los Angeles.”
And that is supposed to be the safe part of Mexico.
Guess they need a wall there since they don’t have one.
In case some are not aware, the world seems to be descending into a virtual Lord of the Flies existence. There are a few, like Trump, who note this and are trying to stem the tide of this crap washing into this nation. Unfortunately, there are many, I will be nice and say uninformed, who believe we should keep our borders wide open and worse cement in place here those who have swarmed over them. We need fortified borders and frankly a stagnant wall is just the beginning. We need to ensure those scanning or undermining these barriers need face the same reception our soldiers received at Normandy Beach. Forget the army of sympathetic lawyers, in fact, they show up, treat them as a fifth column.
People that go to Mexico for a vacation are crazy!
They had two ferry boats bombed south of there last year. Playa del carmen
Well, why don’t we just bring these four perps up here to the States? They’re probably just looking for a better life and ‘can’t get no satisfaction’ in Mehico.
The already overstretched taxpayer will surely be happy to provide food, shelter, medical care (including transgender services), cash flow, and a free lawyer.
Clearly they need midnight basketball
Encourage democrats to vacation in Mexico.
Trump is like Churchill. He is spitting into the wind.
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