An Indian-American man was killed in a shootout between Mexican drug gangs

LOS ANGELES: Two foreign tourists, including a California-based Indian woman technology expert, were killed in a shootout between two drug gangs at a resort on the Caribbean coast of Tulum, Mexico, to celebrate her birthday.

The incident happened on Wednesday night when Anjali Rahoat was killed along with another German national in a shootout between two drug gangs. Rahoot arrived at Tulum on Monday, a day before his birthday. In his Instagram account, he described himself as a native of Himachal Pradesh and currently living in San Jose, California.

Anjali Rahoot has been working as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at LinkedIn since July. She previously worked at Yahoo and later at CaliforniaNewsTimes.com. As Rahot and four other foreign friends were dining on the terrace of La Melquerida restaurant on Wednesday night, four gunmen came with assault rifles and opened fire on people sitting at the table next to them, according to the Spanish newspaper Al Pais. Was.

Rahot and his German female friend were killed in the shooting, while three others from Germany and Holland were injured. Authorities said he was the victim of a feud between two rival gangs. It is worth mentioning that some drug cartels are active in Mexico. Mexico is considered to be the most profitable retail drug market and a landing spot for drug shipments. Rahot's brother Ashish Rahot has requested the mayor of Tulum to get his sister's body back to him soon. With that he has requested the authorities to quickly approve his visa so that he can go to Mexico and bring his sister’s body for the funeral.