Drunk Tourists in Punta Cana: Mystery Thickens

Drunk Tourists in Punta Cana: Mystery Thickens

PUNTA CANA – Mysteriousness is thick around a number of disturbing incidents in which Quebec tourists claim to have been unknowingly drunk in hotels in Punta Cana. Four months after the tragic death of young William Carrow, Newspaper I visited this popular sun spot to discover that many dangers await vacationers.

Over the past few weeks, Newspaper On January 16, William Garev, 25, threw himself from his third-floor balcony while staying at hotels in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, including the Bahia Principe Luxury Amber.

• Read more: What happened to this young Quebecer who died while on vacation in the Dominican Republic?

His death shook all of Quebec and led many Quebecers and Canadians to testify. They are unknowingly drugged or intoxicated During his stay in Punta Cana. Some described the same traumatic experience in popular sun destinations such as Mexico or Cuba.

However, recent media coverage of these stories has discouraged tourists, travel agencies interviewed said. Newspaper.




Vacationers at the pool bar of the Bahia Principe luxury Amber Hotel in Punta Cana.

Eliza Cloutier

Real dangers

Unable to determine why and how these tourists were involuntarily intoxicated, Newspaper Nevertheless, it has been observed that many dangers await travelers who are not so numerous to visit this Caribbean country.

  • First, we were told that the alcohol served at most all-inclusive hotels is often of poor quality or adulterated. According to InsideCrime, adulterated alcohol has been circulating in the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Cuba, Panama, Mexico and Peru since 2020. (read on Sunday)
  • Companies offering tours or excursions sometimes serve cocktails with rum that has an alcohol content of 75%.
  • Also, drugs, especially cocaine, are of poor quality and very easily accessible. Our investigative unit found that once the cocaine arrived on the island, local distributors drastically reduced its purity level. “It’s the cartels that control supply in Punta Cana,” says one of our sources. (read on Sunday)
There is no inquest into the death of a Quebecer

Even more surprisingly, Newspaper He learned thatNo investigation was done To shed light on the circumstances of the death of young William Carrow, who died in very poor circumstances. There is nothing other than a toxicology analysis to determine if he was drugged.

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“It is inconceivable that there is no toxicology report.”opposes his mother Sylvie Margot.



Bahia Principe Amber Beach - Punta Cana

Young William Carrow died in Punta Cana last January.

Photo provided by family

Miguel Marin, director of the establishment, defended himself by maintaining it A twenty-year-old man visits a bar 22 times in two hoursBefore he died.

Neither representatives of the Canadian government, the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Tourism, nor the tourism police wanted to answer questions, particularly about ensuring the safety of vacationers. Newspaper Around these cases of alleged involuntary poisoning.

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