The flights were suspended for a while after the authorities received reports of shootings at the airport, the National Guard said in a statement. Videos posted on social media showed travelers running and hurrying out of a terminal. The guard said there was no evidence of gunfire and said the strikes may have occurred after someone hit more than three independent vertical screen bases at the terminal. But the nervousness also reflects the wave of violence and deaths that have marked Cancun’s reputation as a loose escape. Last week, authorities found four bodies dumped in undergrowth in Cancun and said they were part of a total of 13 murders committed by the Jalisco cartel at the resort since September. Most of the bodies were found on empty plots or houses. The Caribbean coast, Mexico’s leading tourist destination, has been hit by rampant violence. In January, prosecutors said the killing of two Canadians near Cancun was motivated by debts between international gangs apparently devoted to drug and arms trafficking. In late October, further south in the loose destination of Tulum, two tourists — a California-born Indian-born travel blogger and a German man — were shot and killed by rival drug traffickers.
