Latest news Mexico: Security chief of Caribbean resort shot dead
The head of security at the seaside resort of Tulum on the Mexican Caribbean coast, which is also popular with German vacationers, has been shot dead. Armed assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on José Roberto Rodríguez and his bodyguard, according to the security ministry of the state of Quintana Roo. One of the suspects was also killed in the shootout. According to media reports, Rodríguez was hit by six shots and succumbed to his injuries in hospital.
22.03.2025, 16:07
SDA
Tulum and neighboring Cancún are among the most popular vacation destinations in Mexico. Most recently, almost 200,000 German tourists visited the state of Quintana Roo every year. While the Riviera Maya has long been spared the widespread violence in Mexico, bloody clashes have been occurring in the vacation region for several years. A woman from Germany was killed in a shootout between two rival drug gangs in Tulum in 2021.
