British man, 58, is found dead and his wife, 53, injured after ‘suicide pact’ in hotel in Mexican resort
- Police rushed to the scene after the alarm was raised at a city hotel just after 5am
A British man was found dead in a pool of blood next to his injured wife after an apparent suicide pact at a hotel in Mexico.
Detectives rushed to the Cancun resort just after 5 a.m. local time on Tuesday morning as initial unconfirmed reports indicated a possible crime of passion.
Local prosecutors said in their first official comments that an investigation is still ongoing, but they are currently treating the incident as a possible suicide pact that ended with the man taking his own life.
The 58-year-old British tourist who was found dead was said to have been discovered with blood in the room and on his arms and chest.
His 53-year-old wife was taken to hospital with multiple cuts to her arms, amid unconfirmed reports that she may have been under the influence of an unknown substance.
Sources close to the ongoing investigation said she had now been released and that the cuts were not “deep”.
No arrests are being made, but her current whereabouts are unknown.
Some Mexican local newspapers began reporting earlier today that the case was being treated as a murder and that the dead man’s wife was a suspect.
One claimed the couple had been drinking heavily and eventually had a violent argument at their hotel, known locally as the City Express Hotel in Cancun.
Photos published in the local press showed the dead man being carried into an ambulance under a blue sheet.
Last night, in their first official statement on the incident, prosecutors distanced themselves from the idea that the death was related to foul play.
Sources confirmed that both the dead man and his wife were British.
A spokesperson for the attorney general’s office in Quintana Roo state, which includes Cancun, said: “After receiving reports that a foreign tourist had died in a hotel in the municipality of Benito Juarez, an investigation was launched to investigate to clarify what had happened. .
A British man has been found dead in a pool of blood in his hotel room in the Mexican resort of Cancun (file image)
“Early lines of investigation indicate that this tragic incident is a possible suicide, where two people intended to end their lives.”
The spokesperson added: ‘We are currently working closely with the consulate to provide the families involved with the support they need.’
A source close to the investigation said: ‘Both the dead man and his partner were traveling on British passports.
‘The investigation remains open at this stage despite initial findings.’
Another said: ‘The British man’s wife is now out of hospital.’
It was not immediately clear if the couple was accompanied by other family and friends.