When many Americans planned to go abroad for relaxing vacations, their dream vacations quickly turned into real nightmares and horrors.
Here are some crimes committed against American tourists during 2024.
A California woman was shot and killed at a Mexican resort popular with Americans
An American woman died in a shootout in what appears to be a drug deal gone wrong in a Famous Mexican beach resort In the municipality of Tulum.
The victim was Niko Honarbakhsh, 44, a native of Los Angeles.
A California woman was shot dead at a Mexican resort popular with Americans
Tulum is the site of a pre-Columbian Maya walled city that served as a major port. Daily tour buses bring a steady stream of visitors to the site. (Fredo De Luna/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Prosecutors confirm that Honarbakhsh died as a result of being hit by a stray bullet.
Other tourists have died in recent years Gang-related shootout in Tulumincluding a travel blogger from California and a German, were killed in 2021 while eating at a restaurant after rival drug dealers began shooting at each other.
Last year in the United States “Do not travel” warnings were issued. to parts of Mexico before the popular spring break travel period in March, citing gang violence and noting that U.S. citizens “have become seriously ill or died in Mexico after taking synthetic drugs or adulterated prescription pills.”
An Oregon nurse was murdered while on vacation in Europe by a man she met at a nightclub: police
In November, A Oregon State Nurse She was found dead while on holiday in Hungary after disappearing from a nightclub.
Budapest police said 31-year-old Mackenzie Michalski, a nurse from Portland, was killed by a man she had met.
Michalski's friends notified authorities after she missed a departing flight and left her belongings at her Airbnb.
An Oregon nurse was killed while on vacation in Europe by the suspect she met at a nightclub: police
Mackenzie Michalski, a New York nurse and nurse who disappeared in Hungary, was killed by a man she met on vacation, police said. (Find Mackenzie Michalski on Facebook)
Authorities were able to track down surrounding security footage and identified the male suspect who was last seen with Michalski.
The police later arrested him Irish citizen In connection with the disappearance of Michalski, who admitted that he met her at a local nightclub and danced before they left for his apartment together.
The couple “became intimate, and he killed her in the process,” police said.
After the killing, the suspect cleaned out his apartment, put her body in a wardrobe and went out to buy a bag, authorities said. He allegedly put Michalski's body in the suitcase, rented a car and drove to Lake Balaton, about an hour and a half drive from Budapest.
Police said he hid Michalski's body in the woods before driving off Back to BudapestHe was arrested outside his apartment.
Authorities, who did not reveal the name of the suspect, said he confessed to killing Michalski but claimed it was an accident.
Officials: American couple murdered in Mexico, found shot to death in pickup truck
Last week, two bodies Americans from California He was found shot to death in a pickup truck in Mexico, according to officials.
Authorities found Gloria Ambriz, 50, and Rafael Cardona, 53, while responding to a report of a shooting in Angamacotero, in the western state of Michoacan, on Wednesday evening, according to the British Daily Mail. fox 11 los angeles, Quoted from the State Attorney's Office.
American couple killed in Mexico, found shot in pickup truck: officials
The Michoacan state prosecutor's office has launched an investigation into the killing of couple Gloria Ambriz, 50, and Rafael Cardona, 53, in California, who were attacked while on vacation. (KTV)
The couple who were On vacation He was visiting family, and was traveling in a black 2016 Ford Platinum pickup truck when gunmen opened fire near an intersection.
Ambriz was pronounced dead at the scene, and Cardona succumbed to his injuries shortly after being taken to a hospital in Borundero, officials said.
The Michoacán State Attorney's Office has assembled a team of prosecutors, police and forensic experts to determine a motive and identify those responsible for the killings.
Michoacán is on Mexico's list of “no-travel” places, according to the US State Department.
Mexican authorities reveal a bizarre reason they believe two Australians and Americans were murdered while on a surfing vacation
In May, Mexican authorities confirmed the presence of two Australians and an American They were killed on a surfing trip Because the thieves wanted the tires from their truck.
The three men, brothers Jake and Callum Robinson from Australia and American Jack Carter Rudd, were on a camping and surfing trip along the coast south of Ensenada when they disappeared.
Reuters reported, citing a source from the Public Prosecutor's Office, that the three bodies were later found with gunshot wounds to the head.
State Prosecutor María Elena Andrade Ramírez assumed that the killers drove by, saw a pickup truck and the foreigners' tents, and wanted to steal its tires. But “when (foreigners) came and caught them, they definitely resisted.”
Australian brothers Callum Robinson and Jake Robinson, top left, and US citizen Jack Carter Rudd, right (Reuters)
Ramirez said the thieves went to what she called “a very inaccessible location” and dumped the bodies into a familiar well.
Ramirez said one of the suspects believed to be connected to the murders confessed to his girlfriend that he killed the three.
Ari Giselle, the girlfriend of suspected killer Jesús Gerardo Garcia Cota, said he showed up at her home on April 28 and told her he had done something to “three strangers,” the BBC reported.
Giselle explained in court that after confessing to the crime, Garcia Cota reportedly took Giselle outside to show her his car, which reportedly contained tires allegedly stolen from the victims' truck.
During the tribute, Robinson's mother, Debra Robinson, said: “Our hearts are broken, and the world is a dark place for us. They were young men enjoying their passion of surfing together.” The Associated Press reported.
Oklahoma college students say they were drugged at a Cancun resort pool bar on a nightmare vacation
The dream vacation turned into an almost deadly nightmare after that Two Oklahoma State University students They were allegedly poisoned after ordering water from a poolside bar in a Cancun resort.
Photos shared by Zara Hall and her family show the moment Hall and Kylie Pizzi say they blacked out after drinking contaminated water on August 1.
Hal and a group of friends They were in Cancun A four-day trip that was quickly cut short.
Cancun (Elizabeth Ruiz/AFP via Getty Images)
Stephanie Snyder, whose son Jake is a friend of Hal's, said in a series of Facebook posts that Hal and Pizzi were exposed to drugs while at the resort in Cancun.
“What started as a fun vacation with friends ended up being our worst nightmare,” Snyder wrote.
Oklahoma college students say they were drugged at a Cancun resort pool bar on a nightmare vacation
Oklahoma college students were allegedly poisoned while on vacation in Cancun. (Riley works via Facebook)
After leaving the pool, Jake explains that Betsy was taken back to their room in a wheelchair, while carrying Hal. Hal began vomiting and had what he thought was a seizure.
“Zara started having what the resort doctor called an 'epileptic seizure' and said she needed to be taken to the hospital. Once she got there, the hospital asked for $10,000 just to look at her to help her and start treating her. The money was by the next morning,” Snyder said. “We were told that more money was needed to continue treatment.”
Cancun beach during the summer (Istock)
Pizzi did not end up in the hospital but struggled the next day after the accident, Snyder said.
“Neither girl remembers what happened after they took the last drink, which was a glass of water. We believe it was whatever was put in that glass of water that did it. Both girls collapsed immediately at the same time,” Snyder said. They both suffer from feelings of not knowing what happened and why it happened.”
After nearly 27 hours and after spending thousands of dollars, the Hall family was able to negotiate with the American embassy and obtained She was flown to Dallas To continue medical treatment.
The State Department has issued warnings about the increasing risk of crime and kidnapping in Mexico. (Istock)
Snyder said she hopes this is a warning to others Travel to resorts Like him.
“They did exactly as we asked them to do. Don't leave the resort. You have no reason to leave this resort. Stay there,” Snyder said.
“As people say, don't leave the resort, and you'll be fine.” “It started at the resort and the resort was not safe,” Hall said. “They say the resort is the safest place, don't leave it. That's not true.”
Snyder said the name of the resort or hospital has not been revealed at this time due to legal and privacy issues.
A 60-year-old American tourist was found beaten to death in a 5-star hotel in Ireland frequented by celebrities.
In November, 60 years old American tourist She was found “beaten to death” in a luxury five-star hotel in Ireland, police said.
According to a statement from the Irish National Police and Security Service, an unidentified US national was found unconscious in his hotel room at the luxury Ballyfin Demesne hotel. In Laois, Ireland.
Police later announced the victim's death.
A view of the outer gate of Ballyfin Demense (google maps)
Police in Ireland have arrested and detained a 30-year-old man over the assault.
The Irish Times reported that the suspect and victim traveled together. The outlet noted that the suspect is also American.
Ballyfin Demesne Hotel is a five-star hotel in Ireland that has hosted celebrities such as Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, who stayed there for their honeymoon in 2014.
actor George Clooney His wife, Amal, also resided there.
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Independent local councilor James Kelly told local broadcaster RTE that neighboring communities were “shocked” to hear about the incident at the premium hotel.
“There will be a lot of employees from the area, and they are completely shocked by what happened here,” he said. “It's something we never thought we'd wake up to this morning.”
Fox News' Sarah Rumpf Whitten, Peter Aitken and Bradford Betz contributed to this report.
Stephenie Price is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. Tips and story ideas can be sent to stepheny.price@fox.com
