Firefighters work to extinguish flames from buses set on fire by members of organized crime in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on Sunday
Firefighters work to extinguish flames from buses set on fire by members of organized crime in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on Sunday
Tourists watch a column of smoke amid ongoing violence in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on Sunday
A burning vehicle in Tijuana, Mexico, on Sunday, following the death of Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes
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‘They told the people to leave,’ he said of the suspected cartel members who were dousing the cars with fuel. ‘Then they were taking the gas and pouring the gas on the vehicle and waiting until everybody was clear before they were setting it on fire.’
American tourist Katy Holloman, from El Dorado Hills, took to Facebook to speak about her ordeal after she was told to shelter in her hotel as it was safer than attempting to reach the airport.
‘The road is closed due to the cartel. There are no flights going out of the airport to the States. We’ve rescheduled them for tomorrow afternoon, really hoping we make it home,’ she said in a video.
‘Just going to pray we make it home tomorrow. This is unprecedented here; the hotel staff have been saying this has never happened before.’
Another tourist, Dan Smith, from the Palm Springs area, shared a video that appeared to show him running down a staircase as alarms rang in the background, while a Mexican woman ordered him outside.
He said in the clip: ‘We’re evacuating the building, propane tanks have exploded. Hoping the building doesn’t catch on fire.’
His brother Richard uploaded more footage from Daniel showing a bus in flames and other blazing vehicles blocking the roads of Puerto Vallarta.
