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Mexico: Beach shooting near Cancun leaves 2 dead

Altercation was between rival drug dealers, says attorney-general's office



People hide in the hotel after reported shooting at Hyatt Ziva Riviera Cancun resort, in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico November 4, 2021.
Image Credit: Reuters

Cancun: A shooting involving rival gangs on a beach near Mexico’s Caribbean resort of Cancun left two suspected drug dealers dead on Thursday, prosecutors said.

“There was a confrontation between members of opposing groups of drug dealers on a beach in Bahia Petempich, Puerto Morelos,” the Quintana Roo state attorney general’s office tweeted.

“Two of them lost their lives,” it said, adding that there were no other serious injuries.

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