A Venezuelan escort, 25, was found shot dead and lying in a pool of blood inside at a drive-through sex motel in Cancun.
According to the Quintana Roo prosecutor’s office, emergency responders answered a 911 call at aproximately 8pm local time reporting that Mayerlin Luisiana Maria Padilla Pinango had received multiple gunshot wounds.
Authorities found four bullet casings near a flight of stairs where she was laying down sideways at the Bombay motel.
The low budget hotel that is located in a residential area charges a rate of $24 to $45 for an eight-hour stay in three of its rooms, including one that comes with a jacuzzi. A full day reservation will cost between $75 and $136.
Mayerlin Luisiana MarÌa Padilla Pinango, 25, (above)was found shot dead while working as an escort in Cancun
Padilla Pinando, 25, (above) was found laying a pool of blood inside a drive-through motel
The Bombay hotel (above) charges $24- $45 for an hour-stay and $75-$136 for an entire day
Padilla Pinango was reported to have fled her native land in hope of seeking better working and living conditions away from President Nicolas Maduro’s repressive regime.
She showed up at the hotel Tuesday night accompanied by an unidentified man, who later fled the scene.
Since 2017, six sex workers, including five from the South American nation, have been killed in Mexico, according to Cultura Colectiva. In February, Kenny Finol,26, who had also emigrated from Venezuela and worked as an escort as well, was found dead in Mexico City.
Padilla Pinango’s death comes on the heels of what’s already been a hellish year in Cancun, where over 100 people have already been killed.
All of the rooms at the Cancun-based Bombay hotel (above) have their own garage doors
One of the many rooms at the low budget Bombay drive-through motel in Cancun
Jacuzzi rooms at the Bombay hotel costs between $75-$136 for an entire day reservation
Despite the horror, tourists continuing to flock to Mexican City off the Yucatan Peninsula that has always been a favorite landing spot for Americans.
In two separate incidents that occurred on the night of July 19, armed thugs killed eight people, while one person resulted injured.
A shootout out of a Wild West scene between about 15 gunmen left at least six dead and four injured on the same night the Padilla Pinango lost her life. On Friday night, a firefight at a restaurant left six dead, including two officers.
Kenny Finol, 26, is one of five Venezuelan women that settled in Mexico and worked as escorts. She was killed in February.