Five people were killed and five more wounded after gunmen burst into a bar in the Mexican resort city of Cancun and opened fire.
The gunmen burst into a nightclub called La Kuka, just a few miles away from the seaside tourist hotel zone, prosecutors said.
Four men carrying a long gun and three handguns entered the club and began shooting. Two of the injured were left in a critical condition, officials said.
Violence has been rising in Cancun and Quintana Roo as a whole amid reports of the notorious Jalisco New Generation drugs cartel moving into the area and fighting local gangs for control.
Last month authorities reported that 774 people had been killed in the state last year, more than double the 359 killings recorded in 2017.
Also in January, gunmen shot and killed seven people at a house in Cancun, an incident that authorities attributed to a dispute between street-level drug dealers. State police said at the time that a suspected gang leader linked to the Jalisco gang was believed to be behind the attack.
