Cancun (TAN): Armed soldiers are patrolling the beaches of Cancun, the popular tourist destination in southeast Mexico after gunmen barged into a nightclub there and open fired leaving five dead and five more injured, media reports said.
The attack took place on Saturday at a nightclub called La Kuka in central Cancun. Reports said the attack has been attributed to drug cartel wars that have ravaged the country in recent years.
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The state of Quintana Roo, where Cancun is located, has seen a spurt in gun violence with 774 people being killed last year as compared to 359 in 2017, reported Associated Press.
The spurt in violence, however, has not put off visitors.
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A whopping 45 million international visitors, including 38 million from the United States alone, are expected to visit Mexico in 2019, an increase of 6 per cent from the previous year, said The Sun.
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