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 …
Tourist safety
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 …
Over the past two weeks, tourists in Cancun have reported witnessing their Uber drivers being threatened violently by rival taxi companies at an alarming rate. Violent incidents have occurred three times, with drivers being threatened at knife or gunpoint in these cases. In total, 10 separate cases of physical and verbal abuse have occurred, leaving …
The population of Quintana Roo is being asked to take precautions against the harsh rains and strong winds of Hurricane Ian. The severe tropical storm reached a category 3 level this morning and is currently moving in an easterly direction towards Cuba. Several tourist-frequented areas of Quintana Roo, such as Cancun and Playa del Carmen, …
A tour bus owned by the popular Xcaret Group recently caught on fire in the Cancun Hotel Zone, with 25 people on board. The fire was not caused by criminals, like a number of other buses and transport vehicles in recent days, but rather an electrical issue, according to preliminary assessments. Although the bus completely …
There has been a lot of talk about safety concerns regarding certain areas in Mexico in recent months, and Cancun has come up in those conversations a number of times. And while much of the crime that occurs doesn’t involve tourists, multiple Cancun tourist buses have recently gone up in flames after intentionally being lit …
Sunday afternoon, Tulum authorities were alerted after a 19-year-old drowned on Santa Fe beach, Tulum. The individual was a domestic tourist hailing from Puebla in central Mexico. Official reports of the incident state that the tragedy occurred just after 2pm when nearby swimmers noticed a body floating in the water. Lifeguards from the municipality arrived …
This year, 20 foreigners who attempted to travel to Cancun were detained by airport authorities, after being found with firearms on their person. 14 were arrested for possession of weapons that should only be used by the Armed Forces, whilst a further two were arrested for possession of gun cartridges. A final three were arrested …