After her husband was killed on their honeymoon, a Winnipeg woman searches for answers regarding his death.
The day before her return to the country, Stacey Ropos was informed by hotel employees in Puerto Aventuras, Mexico of the death of her husband, Jesse Ropos.
“It’s a gated community. It was supposed to be incredibly safe,” she said in an interview with CTV News.
The couple had just spent nine days at the Catalonia Riviera Maya resort during which they had “created many memories”, added the woman. It was on January 13, during their last night of honeymoon, that everything turned to tragedy.
The newlyweds went to the hotel bar, but the woman went back up to the bedroom while the man stayed.
According to documents CTV News has obtained, Jesse Ropos allegedly fought with two men and two employees. Ropos was then restrained by the two employees. One of them strangled him, according to the police report.
It was around 3 a.m. that Stacey was woken up and taken to the bar, where she was told that her husband had died.
“As I was walking I saw the police tape and a woman said to me, ‘I regret to tell you that your husband is dead.’ I instantly ran under the tape and started screaming for him to get up,” the woman recalled.
Two men, aged 36 and 34, were arrested for homicide. They remain detained pending further proceedings.
In a statement, a spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada assured that consular authorities in Mexico are in contact with local police and are offering assistance to the family.
“For reasons of confidentiality, no other information can be disclosed,” it was specified.