Recently, Riu Playacar hotel, located in Playa del Carmen, was sued by a Chilean tourist after sustaining an alleged pelvic fracture from a fall. The accident happened on October 3rd, inside the hotel facilities, because of the wet floor. According to the tourist, she slipped in the hotel’s common area as there was no sign …
Tourist safety
After a shooting at a popular nightclub in Playa del Carmen took place on Wednesday evening at around 7:30 pm, an armed man allegedly involved in the attack was arrested. Tourist police and municipal police responded to the incident on the famous 12th Avenue, an area located in the heart of Playa del Carmen and …
On a recent trip to Cancun, tourist Arturo Brunello had the unfortunate experience of having his hotel room broken into while he was away. Fortunately, he had the foresight to set up a hidden camera. He took to TikTok to share footage of a resort employee apparently rummaging through his personal belongings, clearly looking for …
An American tourist visiting Cancun is lucky to be alive today after having to be rescued from drowning at one of the area’s beaches. According to reports, the man did not know how to swim but entered the water at Playa Delfines anyway. Unaware of the strength of the waves, the man was swept away …
Many travelers think of Playa del Carmen as a place to go for sun and sand, and while they are not wrong, there is much more the area has to offer. One of those things is a huge collection of cenotes that are popular not only among locals but tourists too. Now, Playa del Carmen …
An American citizen is currently spending some time in a Mexican prison after being arrested at Cancun International Airport for having bullets in his luggage. According to reports, the man and his wife had no trouble getting through TSA in the U.S. airports they went through, so they were unaware of the bullets in one …
Recently Cancun has been in the news for multiple tourist bus fires that were intentionally started, and while it has been a couple of weeks since the last incident, a third tourist bus in less than a month has now been intentionally set on fire. As in the last two tourist bus fires, nobody was …
Taxis are a hot topic in Cancun, both among locals and the tourists who are forced to use their services while vacationing in the popular vacation destination, because there is a lot of controversy surrounding them. And now, in an attempt to solve at least one of the problems, officials are asking tourists to report …
Authorities had to intervene in a modern-day pirate story when armed pirates recently attempted a robbery on a yacht in Cancun. The subjects that boarded the yacht of a family anchored in the Cancun marina were arrested, and nobody was hurt during the incident. While these crimes do not happen often in Cancun, it certainly …
Four members of Cancun’s Tourist Police have been discharged this year for extortion and disorderly conduct. This was confirmed by Benito Juarez’s Secretary of Public Security and Transit, Rear Admiral Ruben Pedrero. In addition to the tourist police, four police officers working for the department of Internal Affairs and eight members of the Transit Police …