A 25-year-old California resident who shared her globe-trotting experiences on social media was among the two women shot dead when gunmen chasing a drug dealer opened fire as she celebrated her upcoming birthday at a bar in Tulum, Mexico.
Anjali Ryot, of San Jose, was at the La Malquerida bar late Wednesday night when she and 35-year-old Jennifer Henzold, of Germany, were trapped in the middle of a dispute between the assailants and a rival drug dealer.
Ryot was declared dead at the scene by paramedics. Henzold was rushed to an area hospital, where she died.
The shooting also wounded two German males, aged 26 and 25, and a 21-year-old woman from the Netherlands.
Anjali Ryot carved out a huge following on Instagram by sharing her globe-trotting experiences
Anjali Ryot, of San Jose, California, was one of two women killed at a bar in Tulum, Mexico, in an incident sparked by rival drug dealers. The 25-year-old, who was born in India, was visiting the Mexican tourist for her birthday. She would have turned 26 on Friday
Customers at a bar in Tulum give aid to a European man who was wounded after gunmen opened fire on a rival drug dealer on Wednesday night
A native of India, Ryot arrived at the popular Mexican resort town on Monday ahead of her birthday - she would have turned 26 on Friday.
Just hours before the tragic shooting, she took to her Instagram account to share a video of her walking near a platform at the Cielo Maya hotel and resting on a hammock.
Ryot had been working as a senior site reliability engineer with LinkedIn since July. She had previously been employed by Yahoo, where she spent five years working as a site reliability engineer and service engineer.
The German government warned travelers in Tulum and Playa del Carmen not to step out of their hotels and to only use taxi companies based out of the airport or any which were recommended by the hotels while traveling to and from and airport.
According to the travel warning, 'rental cars have also been robbed there lately and sometimes with the use of gun violence.'
DailyMail.com com reached out to the German embassy in Mexico City for comment.
Anjali Ryot shared the above image Tuesday, a day before she was shot dead while vacationing Tulum
First responders tend to the victims of Wednesday night's shooting at the La Malquerida bar in Tulum
Prior to vacation in Tulum, Ryot visited Glacier National Park in Montana, where she went hiking on the Grinnell Glacier Trail in late September, an experienced that took her about eight hours to complete and which she urged her more than 40,000 Instagram followers to consider.
'It is a difficult one as it has a lot of elevation gain, but is so beautiful that you won't mind the difficulty,' she wrote. 'If you visit Glacier National Park, do not miss this hike! The views throughout the hike are astounding,
