The wounded man was taken to a hospital in Cancun for remedy, and his damage was judged to be not life-threatening.

The U.S. State Division issued a journey alert earlier this month warning vacationers to “train elevated warning,” particularly after darkish, at Mexico’s Caribbean seaside resorts like Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum, which have been tormented by drug gang violence previously.

There have been a sequence of brazen acts of violence alongside the Caribbean coast, the crown jewel of Mexico’s tourism trade.

In 2022, two Canadians have been killed in Playa del Carmen, apparently due to money owed between worldwide drug and weapons trafficking gangs.

In 2021, farther south within the laid-back vacation spot of Tulum, two vacationers — one a California journey blogger born in India and the opposite German — have been killed after they apparently have been caught within the crossfire of a gunfight between rival drug sellers.