Cancun, Q.R. — Authorities have located and seized a motorcycle taxi used in the double murder of a couple Monday. A man and woman were gunned down in front of their children in SM 252 in the Vista Real subdivision.
Police say they are investigating a link to drug trafficking as a motive for the double shooting.
The shootings were reported Monday around 4:00 p.m. by neighbors who heard several bursts of gun fire. The bodies of the man and woman were found by police in their front yard.
Their two children, aged four and six, witnessed the shootings. Personnel from the Specialized Group for Domestic and Gender Violence (GEAVIG) removed the children from the home.
According to neighbors, police had been at the home before to conduct a drug search. The State Attorney General (FGE) said they have begun an investigation into the double murder.
“The State Attorney General’s Office reports that it has initiated an investigation into the crime of aggravated homicide against a man and a woman which occurred this Monday in the Vista Real subdivision, located in Supermanzana 252 of this municipality.
“According to preliminary investigations, the incidents could be related to drug trafficking offenses.
“Witness accounts and intelligence work indicate that after committing the crime, the perpetrators fled aboard a motorcycle taxi, which was located and seized by authorities in Supermanzana 248.
“This Social Representation, in coordination with members of the Interinstitutional Group, is conducting the corresponding investigations with the aim of clarifying the facts, locating those responsible, and bringing them to justice.”
