At least two people have died after an armed commando entered the Hyatt Ziva Riviera hotel in Riviera Maya and opened fire in confrontation with a rival drug cartel.
The Quintana Roo State Prosecutor's Office, in the Mexican Caribbean, has confirmed that it was a confrontation between rival drug gangs. The local police are already in the vicinity after receiving an emergency call. "Irregular activity was reported to 911 in the vicinity of a hotel," they reported.
Reports show that about 10 men carrying long weapons entered through the beach area that links the . . .
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