Ben Marshall Corser, a 36-year-old British tourist from Cornwall, was fatally shot in Colima, Mexico, while he and friends were in a car outside a supermarket. His family, expressing grief at the inquest, reported no clear motive for the violence that escalated in the area, indicating they faced no robbery or kidnapping. Corser was described as healthy and enjoying his travels since 2022, living among a local community. The coroner ruled his death as unlawful, underscoring the tragic randomness of the incident amid rising violence in the region.
Andrew Corser, Ben's father, expressed the family's devastation, saying, 'We have had no explanation or reason given, no suggestion of robbery, kidnapping or anything else.'
The coroner concluded, 'Ben had been unlawfully killed,' highlighting the randomness and tragedy of the incident in the context of increasing violence in Colima.
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