Prosecutors originally said three bodies were found Monday in a lot near one of Cancun’s beach hotels along Kukulkan Boulevard. They then added that a fourth body was found in the undergrowth on the same lot, bringing the number of victims to four.
Prosecutors in the Caribbean coast state of Quintana Roo said two suspects were in custody in connection with the killings. They said the deaths were under investigation, but did not give a cause of death.
Last week in Puerto Morelos, a US tourist was approached by some suspects, and they shot him in the leg. The motive remains under investigation. The injured man was taken to a Cancun hospital for treatment, and his injury was deemed non-life threatening.
The US State Department issued a travel alert earlier this month warning travelers to “take extra care,” especially after dark, in Mexico’s Caribbean beach resorts like Cancun , Playa del Carmen and Tulum, which have been plagued by drug gang violence in the past.
There has been a spate of violence along the Caribbean coast, the crown jewel of Mexico’s tourism industry.
In 2022, two Canadians were killed in Playa del Carmen, likely due to debts between international drug and arms trafficking gangs.
In 2021, further south in the quiet destination of Tulum, two tourists — one an Indian-born California travel blogger and the other German — were killed when they were apparently caught in the crossfire of a gunshot. between rival drug dealers.
