'Authorities are on the hunt for those responsible for this incident,' prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said the American was approached by several suspects near midnight Monday and they shot him in the leg. The motive remains under investigation.
The wounded man was taken to a hospital in Cancun for treatment, and his injury was judged to be not life-threatening.View of a Puerto Morelos sign on Puerto Morelos pier, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, on November 8, 2022.earlier this month warning travelers to"exercise increased caution," especially after dark, at Mexico's Caribbean beach resorts like Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum, which have been plagued by drug gang violence in the past. in Mexico earlier this month.
There have been a series of brazen acts of violence along the Caribbean coast, the crown jewel of Mexico's tourism industry.in Playa del Carmen, apparently because of debts between international drug and weapons trafficking gangs.California travel blogger born in India and the other German - were killed when they apparently were caught in the crossfire of a gunfight between rival drug dealers.And in March 2022, a British resident of Playa del Carmen was
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