A crime reporter has been shot and killed in the beach resort of Playa del Carme...
FILE PHOTO: People stand near bullet casings on the ground at a crime scene after a shootout in the municipality Tuzamapan, in the Mexican state of Veracruz, Mexico, May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Yahir Ceballos
The body of Francisco Romero, a police reporter for newspaper “Quintana Roo, Hoy” and director of the local news website “Ocurrio Aqui” was found outside a bar in Playa del Carmen in the state of Quintana Roo, local prosecutors said.State prosecutors said in a statement the motive for the killing was unclear and that investigations were continuing.
Playa del Carmen is close to the popular resort of Cancun, and the area has been a focal point of turf wars between local gangs battling for control of criminal rackets.
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