Prosecutors in Quintana Roo state, which also hosts resorts such as Cancun and Tulum, said the man and woman were found dead Monday in a hotel or condominium in the troubled resort, and a third was reported injured. There was no immediate information on their names or cities. However, prosecutors confirmed that the victim was on a list of Interpol wanted for fraud charges. “Global Affairs Canada is aware of the deaths of two Canadian citizens in Mexico,” the ministry said in a statement. “Consular officials are ready to provide consular assistance to families and are in contact with local authorities to gather additional information,” the statement said. “Due to privacy issues, no additional information can be provided.” Playa del Carmen has been hit by a number of cases of violence involving foreigners, most recently in January, when two Canadians were killed at a local resort, apparently due to debts between international drug and arms trafficking gangs. In March, police in Playa del Carmen found the bodies of four men dumped near a house. The fact that the corpses were left together in the bushes next to an access road suggests a gang-type murder. There have been a series of brutal acts of violence elsewhere along the resort-rich coast of Mexico’s Riviera Riviera, the jewel of the country’s tourism industry. In November, a shooting on the beach in Puerto Morelos, north of Playa del Carmen, left two suspected drug traffickers dead. Authorities said about 15 gunmen were from a gang apparently questioning control of drug sales there. In late October, further south in the loose destination of Tulum, two tourists — one Indian-born California-based travel blogger and the other German — were caught in the crossfire of rival drug traffickers and killed.
