BREAKING NEWS: Gunmen 'storm five-star Hyatt hotel in Cancun' By Jenny Stanton For Dailymail.com Published: 21:27 GMT, 4 November 2021 | Updated: 21:33 GMT, 4 November 2021 Viewcomments Gunmen have reportedly stormed a five-star hotel in Cancun that is popular with American tourists. Guests are reportedly seeking shelter at the Hyatt Ziva Riviera Cancun resort in Mexico. The U.S. embassy in Mexico said on Thursday consulate officials were looking into social media reports of shots being fired at the hotel. Several people said on Twitter that guests were told by staff to hide at the Hyatt Ziva Cancun hotel because of an active shooter. All guests and employees told to duck, and we’re all taken to hiding places at Hyatt Ziva Riviera Cancun Resort. Active shooter? Terrorist or kidnapping threat? They’re not telling us anything. pic.twitter.com/Hf7SRzRJIZ — Mike Sington (@MikeSington) November 4, 2021 Mike Sington, a Twitter user whose biography says he is an executive at NBC Universal, told Reuters by direct message that he was hiding with other guests in a dark area of the hotel and that staff had not explained what was happening A U.S. embassy media representative told Reuters by email that the U.S. consulate in Merida in the Yucatan was trying to confirm the reports. Mike Sington, a Twitter user whose biography says he is an executive at NBC Universal, told Reuters by direct message that he was hiding with other guests in a dark area of the hotel and that staff had not explained what was happening. Other guests told him they heard gunshots and that a gunman had been on the beach, he said. 'In hiding in the dark now. Was told active shooter on property. Paramedics are here,' Sington said. A receptionist who answered the phone at the hotel told Reuters there had not been a shooting and nothing unusual was taking place at the hotel. Sington later tweeted that guests were taken out of hiding and brought to the hotel lobby, where they cried and hugged each other. The hotel had not given them an update, he said. More to follow Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility