At least five dead left near Cancun in Mexico

The incident occurred in a restaurant located in the municipality of Benito Juarez, about 16 kilometers from the hotel zone of Cancun. Five people died and three others were injured Friday after a confrontation between the police and alleged. Assbadins hired in a restaurant attached to the tourist Cancun, the most popular destination in the Mexican Caribbean, authorities reported.

The incident occurred shortly before 21:00 local time, when a group of armed people came on fire against those who were inside the compound, which makes part of the restaurant but that does not house the dining room or other areas of customer service, according to information from the authorities.

"Of the five deceased, one is an agent of the ministerial police (…) In a preliminary way, the other four lifeless people worked in the premises," said the prosecutor's office of Quintana Roo province in a preliminary report, indicating that a police commander was also injured.

The restaurant is located in the municipality of Benito Juarez, about 16 kilometers from the hotel zone of Cancun.

"Up to now, there is no report indicating the presence of tourists in the place", added the office of the prosecutor

Cancun and [39] Other nearby resorts such as Playa del Carmen and Tulum, located in Quintana Roo, are visited each year by millions of international tourists, mainly from the United States and Europe. At the beginning of last year, the state recorded a noticeable increase in violence, generated by clashes between criminal organizations that challenge the drug trade in the region.

In the first half of 2018, 279 people were killed. Quintana Roo in events related to drug trafficking, according to the NGO Semáforo Delictivo

In January 2017, during a very busy electronic music festival, a shootout erupted, killing at least five people. cough, including two Canadians, an Italian and a Colombian.