The Prosecutor’s Office of Quintana Roo reported the arrest of a man identified as Jose “D,” aka “El Bolillo.” This individual is reportedly involved in organized crime, said Lucio Hernandez, Quintana Roo’s Secretary of Public Safety. He’s one of the suspects in the October 2021 shooting in Tulum, where two foreign women died, and three …
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Feature Piece In Major Publication Highlights The Organized Crime Facing Quintana Roo The Wall Street Journal released a feature article this week documenting Quintana Roo’s increasing gang violence and its effect on the tourism industry. The major publication reaches millions of readers every week, adding to Cancun’s public image problem. The article (subscription only), written by Jose de Cordoba …
The local government in Tulum is making sure that tourists are well taken care of in the beach city. To ensure this, they are starting with lecturing their own police force. This is not the first time that police corruption in general is acknowledged by local authorities. A main concern for the local police department …
Monday, the President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the Maya Train project will move forward and the Playa del Carmen to Tulum route will go on ahead as planned. He hopes that the train project will serve as both a tourist attraction and connect passengers from the new Tulum airport to the rest …
Tourists heading home from their Cancun vacations faced up to 3-hour flight delays on Wednesday. Most of the flights that suffered these delays were set to take tourists back to multiple US cities. Flights to Dallas, San Francisco, Chicago, and Denver were amongst the most affected by these delays. With other flights to Colombia, and …
If you see military personnel walking around famous tourists spots in the Cancun area do not be alarmed. They are part of the Safe Beach program, and an operation called the red circle. The name red circle actually alludes to the fact that the military officers have encircled the Cancun Hotel zone. They are actively …
The Unpleasant Seaweed Has Been Laying On The Shoreline For Two Weeks Some of Tulum’s beaches are covered in sargassum that hasn’t been removed for almost two weeks. The local authorities have been more focused on clearing the hotel beaches than the sandbanks frequented by locals and visitors who prefer a quieter beach. The sargassum …
The Attorney General’s Office of the State of Quintana Roo activated this past Friday the Alba protocol to find and locate two women who went missing in the Mexican Caribbean. There are three missing foreign tourists in the state of Quintana Roo, two women in Tulum and a man in Cancun. These are the names …
The current conflict between Russia and Ukraine has made oil prices rise considerably in the last few weeks. All things considered, the price of gasoline in Mexico hasn’t skyrocketed. At least not as much as it could have. Currently, gasoline prices in Cancun on average sit at around just under 86.95 pesos per gallon (about …
Police Searches Are Underway For Both Unrelated Cases Two tourists visiting Quintana Roo have been reported missing this week, prompting police investigations in Cancun and Tulum. Both cases are unrelated, and no one has been found as of yet. The disappearances are a grave concern for all involved, and it is hoped that a resolution …