Mexico shooting: Two suspected gang members killed in beach shooting near Cancun resort

MEXICO CITY, Nov 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two suspected drug gang members were shot dead in a beachfront clash between rival groups near the Mexican resort of Cancun, authorities said, a couple of weeks after two tourists were killed in crossfire at another beach.

A few hours after reports of a Thursday shooting began circulating on social media, the attorney general’s office in the state of Quintana Roo said the warring gangsters faced off on a beach in Bahia Petempich, Puerto Morelos, and that two were killed.

“There are no serious injuries,” the office said on Twitter.

Police said earlier that a group of armed men carrying long guns was seen in the area of the Azul Beach hotel.

Alarmed tourists tweeted that shots were being fired at a Cancun resort, where staff had told them to hide.

Twitter user Mike Sington said he took cover with other guests at his hotel. Other guests told him they heard gunshots and that a gunman had been on the beach, he said.

Mexican security forces were sent in to reinforce Tulum, a popular resort about 130 kilometers from Cancun, after two foreign tourists were killed and others wounded last month during a shootout between suspected gang members. — NNN-AGENCIES