Toryglen mum describes terror of masked men on jet skis in believed Mexican underworld shootout

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A Toryglen mum has revealed the terror of being in amongst a shootout on holiday on the beach in Cancun where one child died.On Sunday, Tracey Cannon and her family were leisuring on a Mexican beach outside of their hotel when they were caught up in a fatal shooting.The trip to the luxury Hotel Riu Cancun was meant to be a joint celebration of Tracey’s successful back surgery, her daughter Carys Cannon’s 19th birthday and her sister and brother-in-law Mary and Jim Paterson’s 60th birthday.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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I made a joke to the Scottish couple beside me that I thought it was gunshots and how the fireworks nearly gave me a heart attack.“The next thing I knew, these jet skis had pulled up just where I was swimming 20 minutes beforehand.

These guys with ski masks were on the back of them just shooting along the beach.“All the staff were shouting, ‘Get down, get down’.