An American couple was fatally shot while vacationing in Mexico, local authorities said.
The Michoacán Attorney General’s Office identified the victims by their first names: Gloria and Rafael. The office said the 50-year-old woman was found dead after the occupants of a black Ford pickup were shot in Angamacutiro on Thursday.
The husband, 53, was injured in the shooting but died in hospital, the office said in a translated statement.
A family friend said the couple, Rafael Cardona Aguilera and Gloria Ambriz de Cardona, were from the Sacramento, California area, NBC affiliate KCRA reported. The friend said relatives would travel to Mexico for a memorial service.
The U.S. State Department said violent crimes such as murder, kidnapping, carjacking and theft are widespread and common in Mexico and urged travelers to avoid Michoacan state because of the crime, according to a travel advisory for Mexico.
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