2 Mexican marines found dead in resort of Cancun

MEXICO CITY – Authorities have found the bodies of two Mexican marines wrapped in sheets and dumped on a street in the Caribbean coast resort of Cancun.

The Mexican navy condemned the killings, saying the two were off duty when they were killed.

The navy said Wednesday the two were based on the nearby island of Isla Mujeres. The bodies were found in downtown Cancun, relatively far from most of the resort’s hotels. They had apparently been stabbed.

Before 2017 Cancun was relatively calm, but killings have increased. On one day in August, police found eight dead bodies on the streets of Cancun.

The deaths in Mexico’s busiest resort echo the bloody violence that started in 2006 and eventually brought down the once-glittering Pacific resort of Acapulco.