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They had gotten separated during the night

The scene at the swim up bar at the Mexican resort where Abbey Conner was pulled listless from the pool in January was full of young tourists last month when an attorney hired by Conner family showed up.

It wasn surprising. It was a typical scene at an all inclusive five star resort where foreigners from both sides of the equator flock to escape their cold winters.

That single canada goose outlet parka paragraph, buried near the end of canadian goose jacket a four page report summarizing how 20 year old Conner drowned within a couple hours of arriving at the Iberostar Hotel Resorts’ Paraiso del Mar, offers a possible lead in canada canada goose uk shop goose outlet uk the investigation into her death. They questioned canada goose uk outlet how they could fall into a stupor so quickly. And whether they had been targeted.

Was it robbery? In one case, two teenage brothers from Minnesota on vacation with their parents woke up covered in mud, with no shirts or shoes and their wallets and cellphones official canada goose outlet missing. They had gotten separated during the night. One had a severe rash all over his legs. Neither could remember what happened.

Sexual canada goose outlet online uk assault? One Wisconsin woman interviewed canada goose outlet canada by the Journal Sentinel said she was assaulted while both she and her husband were unconscious something supported by an exam done by her OB GYN when she returned to Neenah. Her husband woke up with a broken hand a break that his doctor said likely resulted from hitting someone but also no memory of what had happened.

Extortion? In at least three cases, travelers reported that canada goose outlet local hospitals, part of the Hospiten chain, appeared to be gouging them, demanding large sums of cash. One man was uk canada goose outlet told to take a cab to an ATM. The vacationers suspected Iberostar might be in cahoots with the medical company. The resort contracts with Hospiten and refers sick and injured guests to Hospiten’s facilities. Abbey Conner’s family paid about $17,000 to a small medical clinic south of Playa del Carmen and within several hours paid tens of thousands more to a hospital in Cancun, north of the canada goose outlet uk sale resort, where Abbey and her brother were transferred.

Others can find no motive for their suspected drugging.

Could it be what the attorney for the Conner family alluded to in his report: All inclusive resorts using cheap, bootleg booze to cut costs?

A 2015 report from Mexico Tax Administration Service found that 43% of all Canada Goose Outlet the alcohol consumed in the nationis illegal, produced under unregulated circumstances resulting in potentially dangerous concoctions.

And the mixtures are capable of making people extremely sick.

The blackouts have happened to men and women, young and old, to singles canada goose outlet black friday and to couples, according to interviews with nearly a dozen canada goose outlet toronto factory travelers and family members whose loved ones died or were injured at the canada goose outlet jackets resorts, as well as hospital records, ambulance receipts, hotel correspondence and other documents.

They have happened at Iberostar property in Cancun and at the company’s cluster of resorts 30 miles to the south in Playa del Carmen. And they’ve https://www.outletmoncler.de happened to guests at other all inclusive resorts in the region, such as Secrets and the Grand Oasis.

Often the vacationers report that they drank tequila, but in other cases it was rum, beer or another alcohol.

Some said they had only a drink or two before losing consciousness and waking up hours later with no recollection of how they got back to their rooms or to the hospital, or how they were injured.

Those interviewed said the feeling of being drugged is far different than that of being drunk. They felt certain that whatever happened to goose outlet canada them was caused by more than drinking too heavily.

Terrifying is a word many used to describe it.

Nearly all reported that it happened within the first two days canada goose outlet of their stay, with several opting to leave the resorts and head home before their planned departure without receiving refunds.

A spokeswoman for Spain based Iberostar told the Journal Sentinel the company takes the health and safety of its guests seriously. A statement from Iberostar said the company’s Mexican resorts book about 500,000 guests a year and that the company adheres to strict regulatory standards.

“We canada goose jacket outlet work with a host of providers not unique to IBEROSTAR who service other hotel chains Canada Goose Parka and renowned brands,” the statement says. In several cases, travelers told the uk canada goose Journal Sentinel that staffers canada goose factory sale at Iberostar resorts would not call the police and said the guests should take a cab to the police department if they wanted to file a report.

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