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2019-05-26 Caribbean-Latin America
Stray Cartel Gunfire Kills 11-Yr-Old Boy in Cancun, Says Family
[BREITBART] Stray gunfire from cartel button men in the Mexican resort of Cancún struck and killed an 11-year old child. The stray round came from cartel button men who had opened fire on an adult male target. Officials transported the child to a local clinic where he died several hours later.

The cartel attack occurred Wednesday night at approximately 7:30 p.m. when two cartel button men opened fire on an adult male as he walked along the street in the Supermanzana 72 section of Cancún, The incident occurred near the intersection of La Torcasita and Avenida Miguel Hidalgo. The gunfire left the adult male, later identified as Ricardo R. Q., 26, maimed from at least two gunshots. A stray round from the attack struck an 11-year-old child as he walked on the street with a family member.

The child later, identified as Kalet Gustavo P C, was rushed to a local clinic "Clínica del Seguro Social de la Avenida Cobá." The child died from his wounds approximately four hours later according to the stepfather of the child and reported by local media. The intended adult male target of the cartel hit is expected to recover from his gunshot wounds. This cartel hit occurred in a local neighborhood of Cancún which is located within the Benito Juárez municipality approximately eight miles from the popular hotel tourist zone.

Breitbart News reports extensively on the cartel violence in once peaceful beach resort of Cancún. In 2018, the traditional tourist magnet smashed its previous annual record for murders with at least 546 ‐ nearly doubling the previous mark of 227 in 2017.

The ongoing violence is attributed to the pie fights between the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion, Los Zetas, Gulf, and smaller groups loyal to the Sinaloa Cartel. In April is this year, Breitbart News reported on a similar incident in which a local 6-year-old was killed in Cancún after being struck by stay cartel gunfire. The child was preparing to enter her house with her parents when the gunfire took her life. An unidentified male who was the intended target died at the scene after two cartel button men riding on a cycle of violence opened fire on the unidentified male who was walking along the road in colonia Supermanzana 75.

Posted by Fred 2019-05-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [21 views ]  Top
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#1 'Killing innocents', Erb...3, 2, 1
Posted by Skidmark 2019-05-26 02:16||   2019-05-26 02:16|| Front Page Top

#2 "Los NeoCons"
Posted by Frank G 2019-05-26 06:31||   2019-05-26 06:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Should happen one or two times in Chicago this weekend if past performance is prediction of future.
Posted by Procopius2k 2019-05-26 07:27||   2019-05-26 07:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Warm and sunny in Chicago. I'll take the over.

Cancun is becoming a problem the Mex govt can't ignore. When the cartels were fighting over territory in scruffy border towns, you could let them fight it out or send in the military and it was no big deal. Now, the battle has moved to major tourist areas. Shootouts there become international news and that scares the tourists and their money.
Posted by SteveS 2019-05-26 09:04||   2019-05-26 09:04|| Front Page Top

#5 same as Guadalajara, Cabo, and Cozumel
Posted by Frank G 2019-05-26 09:35||   2019-05-26 09:35|| Front Page Top

#6 Really liked Guadalajara when I was there in '77. safe even when we were out taking photos at 2 in the morning.

But then Portillo was president and NOTHING bad was tolerated in his family's hometown.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2019-05-26 10:37||   2019-05-26 10:37|| Front Page Top

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