Cancun, Q.R. — A Canadian man shot inside a Cancun gym has been identified as having a long criminal record. Samy Tamouro, 37, was shot while working out inside a private gym in Puerto Cancun Wednesday morning.
One man is reported to have entered the gym and shot the intended target before fleeing on a waiting motorcycle. The shot man was left for dead inside the gym after falling from a piece of stationary equipment he was using at the time.
Responding paramedics found him laying on the gym floor still with vital signs, but he was pronounced dead on arrival at a Cancun hospital.
In a brief statement, the State Attorney General (FGE) of Quintana Roo said they have begun an investigation into the shooting death of the man who had a criminal record in Canada.
“The FGE reports that it has opened an investigation after the events that occurred in a shopping center establishment in the municipality of Benito Juárez, resulting in a foreign person losing his life as a result of an assault with a firearm.
“Initial investigations indicate that the victim had a criminal record in Canada where he was convicted of the crimes of gangsterism and possession of money of illicit origin.
“This autonomous body, in coordination with the authorities of the security forces that operate in the state, work to locate the person or persons responsible for these events.”
Samy Tamouro was from Montreal, Quebec where he once held close ties with Hells Angels. In 2016, Tamouro was charged after a drug trafficker arrested in Project Magot-Mastiff turned informant and provided evidence linking Tamouro to the Quebec-based Hells Angels.
According to Quebec’s La Presse, Tamouro had ties to hit man Frédérick Silva who became an informant in 2022. Earlier this month, Montreal authorities executed several search warrants after an ongoing investigation due to information from Silva as an informant.
In a Montreal courthouse in 2017, Tamouro plead guilty to a gangsterism charge and possession of crime proceeds. The charges came based on informant information. Tamouro was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
After the Wednesday morning Cancun shooting, two men aboard a motorcycle were stopped by police near Puerto Cancun. One of the men on board the bike was found carrying a firearm and was arrested.
Authorities have not said if he is related to, or responsible for, the Wednesday morning shooting death of Tamouro.
