The bodies were discovered in the resort town of Cancun, the crown jewel of Mexico’s tourism industry.
A beach in the Hotel Zone of Cancun, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. Photographer: Cesar Rodriguez/Bloomberg via Getty Imagesof their victims. Several cartels are fighting for control of the Caribbean coast and its lucrative retail drug trade.
At another site in a wooded area on the outskirts of Cancun, authorities found three sets of skeletal remains. They have not yet been identified.The bodies were found in a poor neighborhood about 10 miles from Cancun’s beach and hotel zone, but relatively closer to the resort’s airport.A member of the National Guard passes in front of tourist on a beach in the Hotel Zone of Cancun, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021.
Feuding drug gangs have caused violence in Cancun and the resort-studded Caribbean coast south of it. A U.S. tourist was shot in the leg in the nearby town of Puerto Morelos in March. The U.S. State Department issued a travel alert that month warning travelers to "exercise increased caution," especially after dark, at resorts like Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum.
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