Puerto Vallarta– A Canadian citizen was murdered after they raided a home in a Mexican village from the Pacific coast, officials said Wednesday. Robbers wearing ski masks fired Robin Wood, 67, in the town of Melaque, the spokesman said of the Office of the State of Jalisco, Jose Ramirez.
Melaque is near the port of Manzanillo, and is a town with a large number of expatriates living in Canada bungalows, trailers and houses. Canadian media said Wood was a retired mechanical originally from Salt Spring Island, British Columbia.
The official said Canadian Wood and a friend surprised the thieves when they came from one bar to the friend’s house on Tuesday morning. The attackers tried to take a bag to Wood, and struggled before he was shot. He died in a local hospital the same day.
Ian Trites, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Canada, confirmed that a citizen of that country died in Mexico and said that consular officials in Ottawa and the beach of Puerto Vallarta, a few hours Melaque, working with local authorities to gather information.
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