At least two dead and seven injured was the balance left this Friday by a couple of armed attacks in a bar area in Cancun, Quintana Roo, reported the State Attorney General's Office.
Shortly after, a suspect was arrested in connection with one of the attacks that occurred on an avenue lined with restaurants and bars.
Meanwhile, local media reported
another attack
on the same avenue in a bar called "Las de la Kabah", which left one dead and one injured.
In videos broadcast on social networks, residents can be seen taking shelter from the shooting.
Security authorities activated the red code and established a strong operation in the area to locate the alleged perpetrators.
wave of violence
The state, Mexico's tourist hub for the Riviera Maya and Cancun, began the year with several events that put the country on alert.
In mid-January, a shooting occurred inside a hotel located in Playa del Carmen, belonging to the prestigious Xcaret chain, leaving two Canadians dead and one injured, presumably involved in drug trafficking.
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In March, authorities found
four bodies
in Cancun lying in the brush and said they were part of a total of 13 murders committed in the resort by the Jalisco Cartel since September.
Most of the bodies were found in vacant lots or houses.
Also in March, dozens of tourists ran out of Cancun's international airport after hearing rumblings.
Flights were suspended for nearly three hours after authorities received reports of suspected shots fired at the airport.
Videos posted on social media showed travelers running from a terminal.
The National Guard later said that no shots were fired, and that the noises were caused by someone knocking down three upright stands in the terminal.
Two women remain next to the body of a person on the floor at the entrance of a bar on Kabah Avenue, in Cancun, Quintana Roo state, Mexico. Alonso Cupul / EFE
Then, in April, a shooting in Playa del Carmen left at least one dead and one injured.
Another of the most notorious cases was the murder of the Argentine Federico Mazzoni, manager of the Mamitas Beach Club in Playa del Carmen, as revenge for a criminal group that wanted to manage the sale of drugs in the area.
In late October, further south in the city of Tulum, two tourists — an Indian-born California travel blogger and a German — were caught in an apparent crossfire by rival drug traffickers and killed.
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According to official data, in the first three months of the year this state accumulates 106 homicides linked to organized crime.
Mexico registered 33,316 homicides in 2021 after the two most violent years in its history, under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, with 34,688 murder victims in 2019 and 34,554 in 2020.
With information from AP and Efe.