U.S Citizen Killed in Mexico (Gun fight)

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat material from SinEmbargo

During a shootout between to men

A Mexican tourist was shot dead on Saturday on the Costera Miguel Aleman, in Acapulco, Guerrero, according to local reports.

The report of a murdered man and a wounded woman in the La Pinzona neighborhood was alerted to the authorities at 11:30 am.

The Ministry of Public Security reported that the events were recorded at 11:30 in the morning in a building, next to Las Tarascas restaurant, which caused tourists and locals to run for cover.

These facts are given on the eve of the start of the Tianguis Touristico of Acapulco, which seeks to boost the tourism industry, however, so far this week there have been at least 10 homicides in that coastal city

A tourist who was based in California, United States, was shot dead  a few blocks from the Zócalo of the city of Acapulco.

According to local media, a woman was also wounded by a firearm in the vicinity of the CROM building, one block from the Zócalo of that city in the state of Guerrero.

The authorities' report indicates that they received an alert for an attack with firearms, and when they reached the place they found the two tourists, the dead man and a woman was wounded.

From Reforma:

This Saturday, a Mexican tourist who was from the United States, died of a gunshot wound during a firefight that was carried out by two individuals who were chasing each other on Avenida de la Costera Miguel Aleman, four blocks from the base of this port.

The tourist Esteban Moreno, who was with his wife in the building of the CROM, was shot and died instantly. [Reforma does not report the wife being shot]