An Italian citizen was shot and killed yesterday at a bar in Playa del Carmen, a famous beach resort on the Yucatan peninsula in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo.
According to the first reconstruction of the event, the 40-year-old woman, who has been in Mexico for 20 years and is now identified only as Ornella, was working as a bartender at the Sabrina Café Restaurant, a well in the early morning. A known meeting place for tourists and Italian residents of the area, when suddenly an armed man riding a motorcycle, without a word, shoots him in the head and kills him instantly. Call a former colleague. Numerous empty cartridge cases were found at the scene. Police found the motorcycle and the clothes the killer was wearing a short distance from the crime scene. According to a version of the newspaper ReformIt was learned that the man who shot him was recognized by the woman and worked in the same place before.
Andrea Lotito, vice president of the Riviera Maya Hotels Association, described the woman as “a very good resident of Playa del Carmen and a friend of many” in an Italian message on Facebook. Today is “a sad day without explanation, without reason,” she added. Lucio Ingenito, another compatriot, described the victim as “a hardworking and noble person”, saying that “what happened was absurd” and “an event that can happen to any of us”.
Source: Today IT
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