Thursday 23 June 2022 10:36 PM PICTURED: Two Canadians found dead in Playa Del Carmen trends now
Two Canadians who were found dead with their throats slit at a luxury Mexican apartment building have been identified.
Raphaël Huppé, 44, and Fannie Lorrain, 38, were found with both of their throats cut at the condominium frequented by tourists in Playa del Carmen on Monday. Their deaths are being treated as homicides.
A third victim, a male security, was also injured at the Oasis 12 apartment complex, the Quintana Roo State Attorney General's Office said Tuesday.
The building is located near the center of the city, a well-known tourist hotspot, and can be rented by the night.
Quintana Roo State Attorney General Oscar Montes de Oca revealed that Huppé and Lorrain had been living in the resort town for four years.
The Interpol had issued a Red Notice for Huppé's arrest after the Quebec resident failed to show up at a March 2016 court hearing.
Canadian national Raphaël Huppé, who was charged in two fraud cases in Quebec, was murdered in a Playa del Carmen condominium on Monday. He and a woman identified as Fannie Lorrain had both of their throats cut. No arrests had been reported as of Thursday
Fannie Lorrain, a 38-year-old Canadian, was killed in a Playa del Carmen apartment on Monday
Raphaël Huppé, 44, and Fannie Lorrain, 38, both of Canada, were found at luxury condominium Oasis 12 in Playa del Carmen Monday, with both of their throats cut
Court records obtained by Canadian newspaper The Province showed that Huppé was facing 15 charges, including five for fraud, were filed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 2014.
Authorities accused Huppé of fraud once again in 2015.
In a separate case, Huppé had been found guilty for acting as an unlicensed stock broker in October 2014.
The Canadian government agency in charge of financial regulation found that Huppé conned investors into buying shares of Effective Control Transport Inc. for $740,000 between June 2008 and June 2010.
He ordered to pay a fine of more than $268,000 during a January 2015 sentencing hearing.
The murders of Huppé and Lorrain serve as the latest in a rash of violent incidents at the state's beach resorts, which are key to the country's tourism industry.
A senior state official said on Monday that
