When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Sign up fornow and never miss the top Royal stories again. What is the situation in Cancun, Mexico? Armed men stormed a nightclub in Cancun, less than five miles from the popular Mexican tourist destination at the weekend. Five people were killed in the attack at the La Kuka party hotspot, which is a short walk from a host of hotels packed with Britons craving winter sunshine. Four attackers wielding a long gun and three hand guns are said to have stormed into the venue before opening fire. British holidaymakers warned of FOOD BUG as Mexican resorts hit again As well as the fatalities, five people were left injured. Police confirmed two of these had been left in a critical condition. What has the British Government said about travel to Cancun? The Government has not issued Britons with any advice not to travel to the holiday destination. Yet it has sent out a warning about crime in the area. The official website, gov.uk, states: “Major tourist destinations like Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Cozumel, Los Cabos, Puerto Vallarta and Nuevo Vallarta have mostly not seen the levels of drug-related violence and crime experienced elsewhere in Mexico. “However, since 2017 there have been a number of reported shooting incidents and other incidents of violence in the main tourist destinations, including in locations popular with tourists. “There is currently an increased police presence in the Cancun area, including in the hotel zone. “While tourists have not been the target of such incidents, anyone in the vicinity of an incident could be affected. “If you’re visiting any of these areas, you should monitor local advice, remain vigilant and follow the advice of the local authorities and your tour operator.”<doc-sep>Five people have been killed and five more wounded after gunmen burst into a bar in the Caribbean resort city of Cancun and opened fire, Mexican authorities have said. Quintana Roo state prosecutors said in a statement that the attack took place in a bar called La Kuka, which is located on a main avenue in central Cancun about 4 miles (6km) away from the seaside tourist hotel zone. Prosecutors said four men carrying a long gun and three handguns entered and began shooting. Two of the injured were in critical condition. Violence has been rising in Cancun and Quintana Roo as a whole amid reports of the Jalisco New Generation cartel moving into the area and fighting local gangs for control. The cartel has been described as one of the most powerful in Mexico by US authorities and is known for brutal acts of violence. 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Mark Stevenson Associated Press Corrections & Clarifications: A previous headline misstated the location of the shooting in Mexico. MEXICO CITY (AP) — Seven men have been killed in a shooting attack at a bar in Mexico's Caribbean coast resort city of Playa del Carmen, authorities said Monday. State and local police said the attack occurred late Sunday at the "Las Virginias" bar in a low-income section relatively far from the beachside tourist zone. Six men were found shot to death in the bar, and another died at a local hospital. One man was wounded but survived the attack. He told police he was drinking beer with friends when gunshots broke out. The attackers have not yet been identified. Playa del Carmen is located on the coast facing the island of Cozumel, Mexico's leading cruise ship destination. Once a quiet fishing and ferry town, Playa del Carmen has grown exponentially in the last two decades, with lower-income neighborhoods springing up on the inland side of the coastal highway. More:Violence in Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Los Cabos threaten Mexico's tourism industry More:USA issues travel warning for Mexican resort town The resort is midway between Cancun, to the north, and Tulum, to the south, in the coastal state of Quintana Roo, which has seen homicides more than double in the last year, with 688 killings in the first 11 months of 2018, compared to 322 in the same period of 2017. At that rate, Quintana Roo could end 2018 with a homicide rate of about 50 per 100,000, on a par with El Salvador. The Caribbean coast — especially Cancun and the area south known as the "Riviera Maya" — had long been largely spared the drug violence affecting other areas, but that no longer appears to be the case. Local sources report that the feared Jalisco cartel has moved into the region, disputing control with local gangs. In September, two Mexican marines were found stabbed to death in Cancun. In a single day in August, police found eight bodies strewn on the streets of Cancun. More:The safest places in Mexico for travelers More:State Department orders travel advisory for Mexico after 8 bodies found in Cancun In January 2017, gunmen attacked the state prosecutors' office in Cancun, killing four people. A day before that, a shooting at a music festival in Playa del Carmen left three foreigners and two Mexicans dead. The U.S. Embassy in Mexico issued a brief travel warning for Playa del Carmen in March. A February 2018 blast on a ferry apparently caused by an explosive device injured 26 people, including several American citizens. That has sparked fears that the Caribbean resorts could come to resemble the faded Pacific coast resort of Acapulco. The bloody violence in Acapulco that flared in 2006 eventually earned it a level-four "do not travel" warning from the U.S. Department of State. Still, violence in Playa del Carmen is still far from Acapulco levels. In 2017, Acapulco had a homicide rate of 103 per 100,000 inhabitants, one of the highest in Mexico and the world.