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Shooting Outside Acapulco’s Torres Gemelas Leaves One Tourist Dead, One Injured

Prosecutors opened a homicide case in the Golden Zone during a holiday period, with C-4 video expected to support the inquiry.

Overview

  • Authorities identified the deceased as Jaime Alejandro Ramírez, 37, and the wounded survivor as Porfirio Cancino López, 58.
  • The attack was reported around 6 a.m. on Costera Miguel Alemán in front of the Hotel Torres Gemelas in Acapulco.
  • Both victims wore hotel guest wristbands from Torres Gemelas, indicating they were staying at the property.
  • The Guerrero state prosecutor’s office opened an investigation for aggravated homicide as forensic teams processed a shell casing, blood-stained bandages, stones and broken glass, and transferred the body to the Semefo.
  • Police and military units responded alongside paramedics, and no arrests were reported as the case proceeds against a backdrop of elevated killings in the city this year.