“A group of gunmen opened fire Thursday afternoon at a five-star seaside resort in Cancun packed with American vacationers, according to Mexican officials and eyewitnesses. The terrifying incident reportedly began shortly after 3 p.m., when armed men descended on the Hyatt Ziva Riviera Cancun resort and began shooting. In a statement, police in Quintana Roo attributed the gunfire to ‘armed individuals’ who ‘took the lives of two men who are presumed to be drug dealers,’ and no tourists were ‘seriously injured or kidnapped.’ Vacationers said the shooting sent them scrambling. Randle Roper, whose company, Vacaya, organizes LGBTQ package tours, is staying at the property with a group of travelers from the U.S. He confirmed to The Daily Beast that there was a shooter on the grounds, and he and the other guests were sheltering in place” the Daily Beast reports.
Noted gun rights champion, frequent Cancun visitor, and tough-on-anything-Mexicans Senator Ted Cruz was not present at the resort during the assault, though it should be assumed he would have high-fived the gunmen for their display of individual liberties after the shooting if he were.