CANCÚN, Mexico – Residents of Cancún are struggling with a double burden: soaring water costs and unreliable service. Recent economic data reveals that the state of Quintana Roo holds the third-highest water rate in Mexico, a situation that has sparked growing frustration among the local population. According to data from the National Institute of Statistics […]
Jesus, Jessica Monserrat, and José Gabriel will spend several years in prison after being caught extorting more than 28,000 pesos from tourists. The incident occurred a few days ago when these Tourist Police officers stopped some visitors for alleged traffic violations and public urination, threatening to confiscate their passports and car unless they paid $1,400. […]
Cancun International Airport kicked off the first Saturday of July with a busy schedule of 468 flights, reflecting the surge in tourism at the start of the summer vacation season. According to the operational report, 232 arrivals were scheduled for July 4th, 78 domestic and 154 international, along with 236 departures, comprising 81 domestic and […]
Scandal in Cancún! An intervention by the Tourist Police (NOT Traffic Police) once again exposed institutional disregard.Attorney Rua Abogado recorded the moment a Tourist Police officer detained him. The officer was NOT wearing his body camera at the start of the procedure. He had to go find it and put it on later, when the […]
Two officers from the Cancún Tourist Police were dismissed after a review of their body camera footage revealed alleged misconduct during an intervention. In a statement, Jaime Padilla, the municipal secretary of Citizen Security and Transit for Benito Juárez, reported that the incidents were discovered through a random audit of the devices worn by the […]
Two members of the Tourist Police assigned to the Municipal Secretariat of Citizen Security and Transit were dismissed after body camera footage was reviewed, allegedly showing them soliciting money from tourists in the hotel zone. One of the officers was even carrying a payment terminal, as they allegedly demanded money from the tourists using a […]
So-called “staged accidents” are groups or individuals who intentionally cause traffic accidents to extort, intimidate, or rob the motorists involved. Although this type of crime has been more common in cities like Mexico City and the State of Mexico, in recent weeks it has begun to generate concern in Cancún due to citizen complaints and […]
Corruption knows no bounds, respecting neither time nor place. Municipal traffic officers are no longer content with patrolling the streets: now they venture deep into the warehouses located in the back of Santa Fe to extort illegal fees from truck drivers. Even if the workers are sleeping inside their vehicles, they are forcibly awakened to […]
During the 42nd Ordinary Session of the Playa del Carmen City Council, council members approved a 100% subsidy on marriage fees for same-sex couples getting married on June 23, reported Secretary General Luis Herrera Quian. These programs typically eliminate the cost of the marriage application and the first certified marriage certificate, as well as waiving […]
A Colombian woman known locally as “La China” was shot and killed in Cancún during a targeted attack in the Paseos del Mar residential complex, in Region 251, in the municipality of Benito Juárez, the Quintana Roo Attorney General’s Office reported. Witnesses stated that the young woman was shot at least four times in the […]
