Armed men on jet skis opened fire toward the beach, apparently aiming at rival drug dealers with whom they were feuding, officials said.
A shootout between rival drug dealers on a Cancun beach turned deadly when a 12-year-old boy was hit by multiple stray bullets as he sat in a lounge chair, according to Mexican officials.The incident happened Sunday in the municipality of Benito Juárez.According to prosecutors, the boy, who was not identified, was a local resident and does not appear to have been targeted by the gunmen.
The Attorney General's office in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo is leading the investigation. This comes as Mexico's president is calling on the cartels for peace following the recent arrests of two high-profile drug lords.Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, a historic leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, and Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of notorious drug kingpin "El Chapo," were arrested by U.S. authorities in Texas, the U.S.
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