Tulum Beach Club Shoot-Out Claims Lives of American Woman and Belizean Man

An American woman and a man from Belize were killed in a shooting at a beach club in Tulum, Mexico, in what appears to be a dispute between drug dealers. The woman had no connection to the alleged drug dealer also killed in the incident and may have been caught in the crossfire. The Belizean man was found with cocaine and pills, indicating he was a dealer. This incident is not the first involving foreign tourists getting caught in drug gang shootouts in Tulum, prompting the U.S. State Department to issue a travel alert for increased situational awareness in Mexico's Caribbean beach resorts.