Canadian tourist killed in Mexico

Victim's B.C. girlfriend wounded

Last Updated: Sunday, May 18, 2008 | 12:43 PM ET Comments94Recommend83

CBC News

Mexican police are investigating the killing of a Canadian tourist in the resort city of Cabo San Lucas.

State police commander Enrique Wuilar says Bouabal Bounthavorn, 29, was shot three times in the head by a lone gunman Thursday night in his room at Hotel Riu.

His girlfriend, 24-year-old Masha Heikali, was shot in the foot, he said. She is now recovering at her home in Burnaby, B.C. Bounthavorn's hometown has not been confirmed.

Foreign Affairs in Ottawa has confirmed a Canadian was killed, but would not release any other information, citing the Privacy Act.

Wuilar says no one has been arrested in the case and investigators have no leads.

There has been a string of violent incidents involving Canadians in Mexico since 2007.

Domenic and Nancy Ianiero of Woodbridge, Ont., were found with their throats slit in February 2006 at a resort near Playa del Carmen, Mexico. No arrests were ever made.

In January, 2007, Adam DePrisco, 19, also of Woodbridge, was killed outside an Acapulco nightclub. A Mexican doctor blamed the teen's death on a hit-and-run driver, but his family and friends believe he was beaten to death.

In May, 2007, Jeff Toews of Grande Prairie, Alta, died from injuries after he visited a nightclub in Cancun. Mexican authorities concluded he fell from the second floor of his hotel, but at the time Toews' family said his head and back injuries came from a severe beating