US Tourist Shot in Leg at Mexican Caribbean Resort

An American tourist was shot in the leg by a group of assailants while vacationing in Puerto Morelos, Mexico. The motive for the crime is unknown. The US State Department has issued a Level 4 travel advisory for six Mexican states, including Tamaulipas, following a deadly kidnapping near a US-Mexico border town. The injured man was taken to a hospital in Cancun to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries to the leg.