Gunman shoots three Canadians in Playa del Carmen, with foreigners again caught up in drug cartel violence
Three Canadian tourists have been shot by a lone gunman in their hotel in the Mexican resort town of Playa del Carmen – the latest attack involving tourists in a region increasingly rife with violence and disputed by drug cartels.
One of the tourists died of their injuries while being transported to hospital, according to the Quintana Roo state public security secretary, Lucio Hernández Gutiérrez, who confirmed the nationality of the victims.
