Canadians murdered abroad.Over the last five years, almost 200 Canadians have been murdered while travelling outside the country — cases ranging from drug-related shootings to extortion kidnappings and the opportunist killings of innocent tourists drawn to the seductive tropics.More Canadians are murdered in Mexico than in any other country.
The potential dangers were illustrated as recently as last week on Mexico’s Caribbean coast near Cancun. Tourists ran for cover from gunfire when commandoes wearing ski masks arrived by boat and assassinated two men from a rival drug gang.
Tourists scramble to safety after deadly daytime shooting on Mexican beach Until now, Global Affairs Canada has cited the privacy of the victims, insisting that the.