More Canadian tourists had to deal with Mexican criminals. Their emergency services were almost non existent. For police to take an hour to show up to a shooting is unhear of in the United States or Canada. Those are top priority calls here. Same goes for the half hour it took for the ambulance. I can only guees that they wanted the people to die so they can't talk.
I would like to send those type of articles to the Mexican who tried to say that the illegals learn this stuff when they come here.

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Monday, February 05, 2007 | Updated at 7:16 AM EST


Two Canadians shot in lobby of Mexican hotel
Woodbridge tourists hospitalized, latest incident renews travel fears
MEGHAN WATERS AND PHILIP MASCOLL
TORONTO (Feb 5, 2007)

Two Toronto-area residents have been shot in Acapulco, Mexico, as the toll of Canadian casualties from one of this country's favourite sunshine destinations continues to rise.

The man and woman, both from Woodbridge and travelling in the same group, were not badly injured in the weekend shooting at Casa Inn Hotel, according to Acapulco police.

The victims were identified by a Toronto TV station as 55-year-old Rita Calara, 55, and Yoyo Manela, 73.

Police have not confirmed their identities. The hotel management also declined to comment last night.

Mexican police confirmed the two victims, from Ontario, suffered minor injuries to their legs late Saturday and were treated in a local hospital.

The duo are the second and third Canadians from Woodbridge to suffer violence in the Pacific Ocean coastal resort in the past month.

Foreign Affairs Canada did not return calls for comment last night, however, according to the ministry's website, Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay is to visit Mexico and Brazil this week "to bolster Canada's ties with the two countries."

According to some news reports, Saturday's shooting was witnessed by other Canadians in the party. Giuseppe Alaimo told the Toronto TV station he was at the Casa Inn at the time of the shooting and was in a large group that witnessed the gunfire in the inn's lobby.

"We brought them in (and) tried to comfort them, stop the bleeding," he said. "But the trouble is, you know, before they get the ambulance, it takes more than a half an hour . . . the police arrived about an hour later."

Gabriel Cicconi, a relative of one of the tourists who witnessed the shooting, said he fears for the safety of all Canadians vacationing in Mexico.

"I think at this point we've gotten a fairly clear message to stop travelling to Mexico," Cicconi said.

"Even if it's not for safety issues, but just to send a message to say, 'Hey, we're not going to stand for this any more. This is getting ridiculous.' "

On Jan. 8, Adam DePrisco, 19, of Woodbridge died in an Acapulco hospital. He had been found the previous day Jan. 7 bleeding from the head on the side of a road in Acapulco.

Mexican authorities have insisted he was the victim of a hit and run. But his family, including relatives who flew to Acapulco to be by his bedside, maintain he was set up in a nightclub, forced outside and beaten, then left for dead. Those who saw him before he died say all his injuries were to his head and his body was unmarked.

A year ago, Domenico Ianiero, 59, and his wife Annunziata, 55, also of Woodbridge, were found murdered in their hotel room on the Mayan Riviera.

And on Jan. 18, Clifford Glasier, 67, of Grand Bend, became the fourth Canadian to be killed in Mexico in the past 12 months.

He and his wife Janette Lerch, 54, who were vacationing near Guadalajara, were hit by a car as they crossed the highway. The driver fled.

Liberal MP Dan McTeague, foreign affairs critic, said he was told the two shooting victims were travelling in the same group, but were not a couple.

"Woodbridge has had an unlucky streak with its share of victims in Mexico, but Acapulco in particular," he said in a telephone interview.

He urged the government to issue a travel advisory specifically for Acapulco. Such warnings are used to alert travelling Canadians to stay clear of certain countries and areas when personal safety cannot be guaranteed.