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<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color" style="color:#291d20;font-size:14px"><strong>Canadian banker on vacation in Mexico with his girlfriend <strong>is shot dead</strong> &#8216;after getting into an argument over his bar tab&#8217; at a popular beach resort </strong></h2>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color" style="color:#291d20;font-size:14px"><strong>Canadian banker,</strong> <strong>Victor Masson, 27, who left his girlfriend in their hotel room when he went out on Sunday, was found shot dead inside a car in Oaxaca, Mexico, on Monday </strong></h2>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color" style="color:#291d20;font-size:14px"><strong>The Canadian tourist visited a bar and allegedly had an argument with four people he met at the establishment hours before he turned up dead </strong></h2>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color" style="color:#291d20;font-size:14px"><strong>The prosecutor for the state of Oaxaca said there is an investigation to identify the people Masson had argued with to see if they were involved in his killing </strong></h2>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Canadian banker Victor Masson, [photo], was murdered in Mexico on Monday while vacationing <strong>in Puerto Escondido</strong>, Mexico. He&#8217;d messaged his girlfriend, who stayed back at their lodging, that a group of people he met at a local bar didn&#8217;t want him to leave. </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A 27-year-old Canadian banker has been shot dead while on vacation in Mexico&#8217;s Pacific coast with his girlfriend after getting into an argument over his bar tab at a popular beach resort, police say.<br>Victor Masson, of Quebec, had spent Sunday all day at the beach with Elva Castillo and remained in their hotel while she dined with her family in the town of Puerto Escondido. Castillo, who identified herself as Masson&#8217;s girlfriend, said he did not return to their hotel Sunday night<br>The mortgage advisor had decided to go out by himself and wound up at the Michelada El Aldoquin bar where he allegedly argued over an unpaid bill.<br>He was found dead early Monday morning after he had been shot in the back in the Puerto Escondido neighborhood of Arroyo Seco, two miles from the bar.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Cops in the Mexican Pacific coast town of Puerto Escondido secure crime scene where Canadian tourist, Victor Masson, was found shot dead in a car early Monday</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">José Rodríguez, attorney general for the state of Oaxaca, said: &#8216;After the fight, he makes some calls stating that he had been robbed and at dawn he turned up dead.<br>&#8216;The main line (of investigation) of this case is what occurred that night.&#8217;<br>In an interview with news outlet Noticiero Televisa, the banker&#8217;s girlfriend Castillo said that Masson had become worried over the the two men and women that he had met at the bar.<br>He told her: &#8216;I have no idea what&#8217;s going on. If I text you the word &#8220;danger,&#8221; find my location and call the police, okay?&#8217;</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>On Sunday Victor Masson who had traveled to Mexico for a two week vacation with his girlfriend, Elva Castillo [photo], left her dining with her family and went to a bar alone. He was found dead in his car on Monday morning. He&#8217;d been shot in the back </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Masson would then send her an additional message after the group intercepted him as he tried to leave the bar and return to the hotel.<br>&#8216;It&#8217;s very like … I&#8217;m stuck with them,&#8217; he said. &#8216;I tried to leave and they were like, &#8220;No, no, stay,&#8221; so it&#8217;s weird.&#8217;<br>Castillo said she filed a missing person&#8217;s report after he failed to show up at the hotel and then learned of his murder several hours later.<br>A spokesperson for Masson&#8217;s family said he was vacationing for two weeks and visited Castillo&#8217;s relatives, and that they were having a difficult time getting information from the police.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Masson&#8217;s girlfriend, Elva Castillo [right] said he had become worried over the the two men and women that he had met at the bar, told her: &#8216;I have no idea what&#8217;s going on. If I text you the word &#8220;danger,&#8221; find my location and call the police, okay?&#8217;</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">They said the alleged killers stole the mortgage advisor&#8217;s wallet but left his phone and passport behind. <br>According to his LinkedIn profile, Masson worked as a mortgage advisor at Laurentian Bank and had studied at Bishop&#8217;s University in Quebec. <br>Masson&#8217;s death came days after 23-year-old Argentine national, Benjamín Gammond, died from injuries sustained following a machete attack. </p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Argentine national Benjamín Gammond, [photo], died Monday from injuries sustained after he was hacked on the head at a beachside restaurant in Oaxaca, Mexico, on May 10</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">23-year-old Gammond, who spent the last two years living and working in the restaurant industry in Mexico, was having a meal with two friends, Santiago Lastra, 22, and his girlfriend, Macarena González, 29, at a beachside restaurant in the town of Laguna de Chacahua when they were hacked by Cruz Martínez, 21, on May 12. <br>All three sustained serious injuries. Gammond suffered three head wounds and was flown to a hospital in Mexico City where he died Monday.<br>Lastra and González, were recovering after they were treated at a local medical facility.</p>

Canadian banker, Victor Masson, 27, is shot dead ‘after getting into an argument over his bar tab’ at a popular Mexican beach resort while on vacation with his girlfriend
