Mexico is investigating the videotaped death of a woman who was beaten

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Mexican prosecutors announced Thursday that they have opened an investigation into the death of an American woman who was seen being beaten in a video that went viral.

Baja California Sur state prosecutors said in a statement that they are investigating the death of a woman they believe to be a foreigner at a resort city of San Jose del Cabo.

An unnamed government official confirmed that the victim was Shanquila Robinson. The director confirmed that the group she was traveling with had since left Mexico.

A video apparently recorded at a luxury villa in San Jose del Cabo shows an American woman apparently hitting another woman.

The video has been reposted several times on social media. We hear a man with an American accent say “Can you at least resist?” The man doesn’t seem to mind hitting.

Prosecutors said police found Robinson dead at the villa on October 29.

The Queen City News in Charlotte, North Carolina, ran a report that Robinson died of a serious spinal cord injury.

Mexican officials said they could not confirm this was the cause of death, as it was part of an ongoing investigation.

The video raised questions as to why no one had intervened in the alleged beating, or why the people she was traveling with had beaten her.