The victim, Richard Michael Melesky, was from Chicago.

An American citizen who owned a ranch in Tulum, Quintana Roo, died after being attacked by a camel that he used to entertain tourists, said the director of the local Civil Protection Department, Armando Angulo. The victim, Richard Michael Melesky, was from Chicago. The incident happened at the ecotourism park "Tulum Monkey Sanctuary", located at Km. 7 of the road to Cobá. The park was closed by the Federal Environmental Protection Agency (Profepa) and the Civil Protection Department. Before arriving in the park, the animal "worked" for a circus in Mérida.