- Police rushed to the scene after the alarm went off at a hotel in the city shortly after 5am.
A British man was found dead in a pool of blood alongside his wounded wife after an apparent suicide pact in a hotel in Mexico.
Detectives rushed to the resort in Cancun shortly after 5 a.m. local time Tuesday morning as initial unconfirmed reports pointed to a possible crime of passion.
Local prosecutors said in their first official comments that the investigation is still ongoing, but they are currently treating the incident as a possible suicide pact that ended with the husband’s suicide.
The 58-year-old British tourist found dead is said to have had blood around the room, as well as on his arms and chest.
His wife, 53, 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 it had already been released and the cuts were not “deep.”
It is believed that no arrests have been made, but his current whereabouts are unknown.
Some local Mexican newspapers began reporting today that the case was being treated as a homicide and that the dead man’s wife was a suspect.
One claimed that the couple had been drinking heavily and ended up having a violent argument at their hotel, locally called Hotel City Express in Cancun.
Photographs published in the local press showed the dead man being carried on a stretcher to an ambulance under a blue sheet.
Last night, prosecutors distanced themselves from the idea that the death was crime-related in their first official statement about the incident.
Sources confirmed that both the dead man and his wife were British.
A spokesperson for the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Quintana Roo, of which Cancún is a part, said: “After receiving reports that a foreign tourist had died in a hotel in the municipality of Benito Juárez, an investigation was launched to clarify what 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)
‘The first lines of investigation suggest that this tragic incident was a possible suicide, in which two people intended to end their lives.’
The spokesperson added: “There is currently close collaboration with the consulate to offer the support needed by the families involved.”
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 time despite the initial findings.”
Another said: “The Brit’s wife is no longer in hospital.”
It was not immediately clear if the couple was accompanied by other family and friends.