Locals Angry After Tourist Poses with Police Weapon in Playa del Carmen BBC News
go to original March 21, 2017

Many local news sites tweeted the picture of the tourist posing with the officer's weapon (Twitter)

Mexicans have vented their anger on social media over a photo which shows a tourist posing with the rifle of a federal police officer.

The smiling, shirtless tourist is flanked by two federal officers in the Mexican resort of Playa del Carmen, in southern Quintana Roo state.

Local media have pointed out that the rifle does not have a magazine. Nevertheless, it is strictly prohibited for police officers to lend their firearms.

Eighty federal police officers were recently deployed to the resort to combat crime.

In January, five people were killed in Playa del Carmen when a man opened fire at the Blue Parrot nightclub during a popular electronic music festival.

Local daily Capital Quintana Roo complained that while officers "were out enjoying themselves", the levels of violence kept rising.

It was a sentiment echoed on Twitter by many.

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