Video surveillance from a Mexican luxury resort shows a Canadian woman being brutally beaten by a man who appears to be a tourist in his 20s, local officials say.

Sheila Nabb has been in a Mexican hospital for the past week recovering from the beating, which occurred in a hotel elevator and left her with multiple facial fractures.

Nabb, raised in Nova Scotia but a resident of Calgary, had been vacationing with family members at the resort hotel in Mazatlan at the time of the attack.

While no suspects have been arrested in the case, attorney general Marco Antonio Higuera said the video shows that Nabb was beaten by what appears to be another hotel guest.

While officials have interviewed Nabb's husband, they do not consider him a suspect, reported CTV's Tom Walters.

"The attorney general is largely discounting any suggestion that the husband was present at the time of the attack," Walters reported from the scene Wednesday evening.

"They say he does not appear in the video, it's somebody else. They believe another tourist."

Police have taken statements from nine people in the case, including a guest with bruises on his hand and injuries to his chin, but no arrests have been made, Walters said.

Higuera would not reveal the resort guest's nationality.

From the video images and the clothes the suspect is wearing, officials believe he is a tourist of about 25 years of age.

Husband Andrew Nabb has watched the video but cannot identify the suspect.

Officials want to get a statement from Nabb herself, who emerged from a medically-induced coma this week, but she can't communicate clearly enough.

Officials say that if the man in the video returns home to his country of origin, they are confident that he can be brought back through extradition treaties if necessary.

She has been recovering in a Mexican facility and showing progress, family members say.

Nabb was set to undergo surgery on severe facial fractures this week, but her doctors have postponed the procedure because of the illness.

The setback became apparent when doctors were preparing to remove a breathing tube in the 37-year-old's neck, Nabb's family said.

Once awake, she recognized husband Andrew Nabb and appeared lucid. She was also able to respond to questions, brother Paul Giles said in a statement.

Giles added that his brother-in-law has been a "pillar" throughout the ordeal. "It just goes to show exactly how much he truly loves her," the statement said.

Nabb and her family members had been vacationing at the Hotel Riu Emerald Bay when the attack occurred.

Nabb's uncle Robert Prosser said Nabb left her hotel room late Thursday night or early Friday and didn't come back.

Prosser added that Nabb's husband didn't know she was gone until about 6 a.m., when he woke up and started looking for her.

The incident has again raised safety concerns about Mexican holidays, and is the latest in a rash of beatings, thefts and deaths involving tourists.