Seven Die in Cancun Shooting

On Thursday March 15^th, seven people some who were part of the taxi union, were fatally shot in a bar in Cancun several miles from the cities beachfront resorts. The motive is under investigation but the state prosecutor Armando Garcia Torress, said that the involvement of organized crime gangs who have targeted taxi workers in other states have not been ruled out. The shooting happened in a working-class neighborhood and not on a tourist location. However, Mexico’s latest crime activity has not been helping tourism because the crimes have been near tourist spots. There have also been cases of rape in the city. An Italian woman in Playa del Carmen, near Cancun was raped, and the sexual assault of six women from Spain last month at a beach house in Acapulco, on the Pacific coast.

From reading this article, these crimes could come off as random shootings. However, in the article it states that there have been organized crime gangs that have targeted taxi workers. There was not a lot of information about the neighbored that the crime occurred in as well. So, there are many factors that could have played a part in these crimes being committed. As we had learned in class, most crimes are not random and there is some kind of motive behind them. Unfortunately, the public does not see it this way and the recent crimes have not helped tourism rates. Tourist locations are obviously placed in nicer parts of the city. This makes the chances of something happening to tourist very slim. Tourists should research where most of the crime is being committed and stay away from those places.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/16/world/americas/mexico-7-die-in-cancun-shooting.html

Morgan Crosier

03/22/13

12:26 pm