Playa Del Carmen

• Family of slain B.C. woman protest at Mexican consulate in Calgary: ‘I just want the truth’

  Kiara Agnew, 23, was killed while on vacation with her boyfriend on the Mayan Riviera in Mexico in March 2023.

  Crime

  Mar 23, 2025
  
• ‘Dropping like flies’: B.C. families among hundreds to fall ill at Mexican resort

  'Everyone started dropping like flies,' Okanagan Alyssa Stothart said. 'It was pretty alarming. My niece actually saw the doctor on site.'

  Health

  Feb 26, 2025
  
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• Gas explosion kills 2 people, injures 18 at Mexico’s Playa del Carmen resort

  A gas tank exploded at a beachside restaurant on Mexico's Caribbean coast Monday, killing two restaurant employees and injuring 18 people, authorities said.

  World

  Mar 14, 2022
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• British businessman killed execution-style near Mexico’s Playa del Carmen

  The man was driving on a highway near Playa del Carmen in Quintana Roo state when his car was approached by two gunmen who opened fire.

  World

  Mar 13, 2022
• ‘I am not going to die’: man seriously injured after boat hits him in Mexican waters

  Auladin says Moss got caught under the propeller of a boat, leaving him with large, deep cuts.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2022
• Canadian detained in connection with deadly shooting at Mexico resort

  Global Affairs Canada said it is aware of the detention of a Canadian citizen in connection with the shooting at the Hotel Xcaret resort that killed two Canadians.

  Canada

  Jan 25, 2022
• 2 Canadians killed, 1 wounded in shooting at a Mexico resort

  Quintana Roo state's security chief said via Twitter that authorities were searching for a Hotel Xcaret guest in the shooting. He shared a photo of a man walking with a handgun.

  Canada

  Jan 21, 2022
• Vancouver woman brutally assaulted in Mexico recovering from surgery at home

  Coutts told Global News Wednesday she'd undergone surgery Monday, was "doing OK," and was surviving with the help of "lots of painkillers and ice."

  Crime

  Dec 15, 2021
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• Mexico’s Yucatan resorts lashed by wind, rain as Hurricane Zeta makes landfall

  The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Zeta came ashore just north of Tulum with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 kph).

  Weather

  Oct 26, 2020
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• Quebec family injured in Mexico crash

  According to local media, the collision between the tourist van and another vehicle in the Playa del Carmen area left one dead and 15 injured.

  Canada

  Jan 6, 2020