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Cartel Gunmen Storm Cancún tourist Bar — 5 Killed, 12 Injured
Posted on 2/20/19 at 8:11 am
Posted on 2/20/19 at 8:11 am
Four cartel gunmen carrying rifles and handguns stormed into a bar in the tourist resort city of Cancun and began firing indiscriminately. The attack on Friday left five dead and 12 others injured.
The shooting took place Friday night at approximately 11:43 p.m., according to a local media report. The attack took place at the La Kuka Bar located at Avenida José López Portillo and Súper Manzana 60 Manzanas 8, within the municipality of Benito Juarez where Cancun is located.
Initial reports indicate that the gunmen entered the establishment armed with one rifle and four handguns. Without warning, the cartel gunmen began firing indiscriminately at employees and bar patrons.
There have been five recent attacks at bars in Cancun and the nearby resort city of Playa del Carmen. All of the attacks are believed to have been perpetrated by criminal gangs tied to drug cartels. The most recent occurred in Playa del Carmen last month when two gunmen stormed a bar and killed seven people.
Officials in Cancun reported 60 homicides this year while Playa del Carmen tallied 27, according to records from the state attorney generals office as reported in local media. In 2018, Cancun broke its all-time record for homicides with 546 recorded.
Cancun Homicide Cases Per Year
2018 — 546
2017 — 227
2016 — 61
2015 — 37
2014 — 21
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The shooting took place Friday night at approximately 11:43 p.m., according to a local media report. The attack took place at the La Kuka Bar located at Avenida José López Portillo and Súper Manzana 60 Manzanas 8, within the municipality of Benito Juarez where Cancun is located.
Initial reports indicate that the gunmen entered the establishment armed with one rifle and four handguns. Without warning, the cartel gunmen began firing indiscriminately at employees and bar patrons.
There have been five recent attacks at bars in Cancun and the nearby resort city of Playa del Carmen. All of the attacks are believed to have been perpetrated by criminal gangs tied to drug cartels. The most recent occurred in Playa del Carmen last month when two gunmen stormed a bar and killed seven people.
Officials in Cancun reported 60 homicides this year while Playa del Carmen tallied 27, according to records from the state attorney generals office as reported in local media. In 2018, Cancun broke its all-time record for homicides with 546 recorded.
Cancun Homicide Cases Per Year
2018 — 546
2017 — 227
2016 — 61
2015 — 37
2014 — 21
LINK
Posted on 2/20/19 at 8:13 am to MrLSU
Coming soon to a sanctuary city near you.
Posted on 2/20/19 at 8:13 am to MrLSU
Please, we need to import more of these people.
Seriously, can we at least drone strike these cartel strongholds?
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All of the attacks are believed to have been perpetrated by criminal gangs tied to drug cartels.
Seriously, can we at least drone strike these cartel strongholds?
Posted on 2/20/19 at 8:14 am to MrLSU
“Only Peaceful innocent women and children who want a better life are crossing the border”
Posted on 2/20/19 at 8:14 am to MrLSU
Guess I’ll stick with 30A or Orange Beach for when I want to dip my toes in the sand.
Posted on 2/20/19 at 8:16 am to MrLSU
Cartel - Mafia, they operate very similar
Posted on 2/20/19 at 8:16 am to MrLSU
The Mexican authorities used to do a fantastic job of keeping the tourist cities relatively safe. I remember some years back when the beheadings happened near Acapulco - I said then, "Beginning of the end of Mexican tourism."
And here we are. I would, maybe consider going to Cozumel, just because it's an island and easily securable. But, unlikely.
Think how safe New Orleans or Washington, D.C. (relatively dangerous cities by U.S. standards) are compared to any place in Latin America.
And here we are. I would, maybe consider going to Cozumel, just because it's an island and easily securable. But, unlikely.
Think how safe New Orleans or Washington, D.C. (relatively dangerous cities by U.S. standards) are compared to any place in Latin America.
This post was edited on 2/20/19 at 8:17 am
Posted on 2/20/19 at 8:17 am to Y.A. Tittle
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Guess I’ll stick with 30A or Orange Beach for when I want to dip my toes in the sand.
We need Conan to take an instagram selfie from Cancun to let us know it's not a shithole.
Posted on 2/20/19 at 8:22 am to CoachChappy
quote:
Seriously, can we at least drone strike these cartel strongholds?
Nah, the us government loves cartels and violence in mexico, makes it easier for us to keep their government under our thumb
This post was edited on 2/20/19 at 8:24 am
Posted on 2/20/19 at 8:23 am to Mulat
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Cartel - Mafia, they operate very similar
don't think the mafia would walk into an establishment and starting killing indiscriminately
Posted on 2/20/19 at 8:24 am to CoachChappy
Going to those kinds of places in Mexico is about the same kind of stupid as a bunch of white teenagers going to a North Baton Rouge neighborhood bar.
Go to Mexico. Stay in the resorts. Take the sponsored tours. Don't venture out to discover the "real" Mexico on your own. It'd be like me going out to discover the "real" Dallas by going to a bar in South Dallas. The risk factor is just stupidly high.
Go to Mexico. Stay in the resorts. Take the sponsored tours. Don't venture out to discover the "real" Mexico on your own. It'd be like me going out to discover the "real" Dallas by going to a bar in South Dallas. The risk factor is just stupidly high.
Posted on 2/20/19 at 8:24 am to MrLSU
That's not located in the tourist zone. It's in the city. No tourist should venture there. I did during the 1990s and it was sketchy back then.
Posted on 2/20/19 at 8:27 am to mikeytig
Agree. Mafia for most part wanted to fly under radar, at least families that were in it for long run.
Cartels DGAF. Terror is a tool. The more horrific, the better. Hanging multiples off bridge. Sending heads.
Cartels DGAF. Terror is a tool. The more horrific, the better. Hanging multiples off bridge. Sending heads.
Posted on 2/20/19 at 8:30 am to MrLSU
This thread and the thread on the OT about Mexican cartels have firmly persuaded me NOT to take the family vacation to Cabo this summer.
I need other options. Probably the BVIs.
I need other options. Probably the BVIs.
Posted on 2/20/19 at 8:30 am to MrLSU
This is why we need open borders.
Posted on 2/20/19 at 8:33 am to MrLSU
quote:
2018 — 546
2017 — 227
2016 — 61
2015 — 37
2014 — 21
Damn, that's a startling stat right there. Murder is running amok in that hellhole.
Posted on 2/20/19 at 8:36 am to GumboPot
quote:Jesus, GP, get a grip. Go to Cabo San Lucas. It's great. You'll have a great time. Go fishing. One of the best places in the world for billfish. Don't go to San Jose del Cabo if you are worried.
This thread and the thread on the OT about Mexican cartels have firmly persuaded me NOT to take the family vacation to Cabo this summer.
I need other options. Probably the BVIs.
Don't go to Mazanilla/Ixtapa though. That place is nice, but it's in the middle of cartel country.
Posted on 2/20/19 at 8:39 am to HubbaBubba
quote:
Go to Mexico. Stay in the resorts. Take the sponsored tours. Don't venture out to discover the "real" Mexico on your own. It'd be like me going out to discover the "real" Dallas by going to a bar in South Dallas. The risk factor is just stupidly high.
A few months ago I was considering moving for a while to Tulum for the heck of it but due to the recent rise of crime on the Yucatan I have changed my mind. Sad because it's such a beautiful place and there are investment opportunities in Tulum I am passing on.
This post was edited on 2/20/19 at 9:27 am
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