Two suspected gang members killed in beach shooting near Cancun resort in Mexico

Guests gather in the hotel lobby after reported shooting at Hyatt Ziva Riviera Cancun resort, in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico November 4, 2021 in this still image obtained from a social media video. Mike Sington/Handout via REUTERS

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Two suspected drug gang members were shot dead on a beachfront near the Mexican resort of Cancun on Thursday, authorities said, in an apparent gangland slaying a couple of weeks after two tourists were killed in crossfire at another beach.

The attorney general's office in the state of Quintana Roo said warring gangsters faced off on a beach in Bahia Petempich, Puerto Morelos, and two were killed, a few hours after reports of a shooting began circulating on social media.