Mexico: Canadians killed at resort over international gang debts, police say

Shooting of pair on Caribbean coast allegedly linked to transnational illegal activities that the victims participated in'

The killing of two Canadians at a resort on Mexico's Caribbean coast last week was motivated by debts between international gangs apparently dedicated to drug and weapons trafficking, according to a senior Mexican prosecutor.

The investigations indicate that this attack was motivated by debts that arose from transnational illegal activities that the victims participated in," said Oscar Montes, the chief prosecutor of the Quintana Roo state, on Tuesday. The information [is] that they were involved in weapons and drug trafficking, among other crimes."