The hotel sector of Cancún suffers an economic blow after the collapse of Brazilian tourism, due to the cancellation of electronic visas, resulting in losses of 400 million dollars in 2023. The hotel sector of Cancún reports millionaire losses after the collapse of Brazilian tourism that was experienced during 2023 due to the withdrawal of […]
Body of an executed man found on the side of the federal highway 307, at the height of Xel-Há
TULUM, MX.- The body of a man, about 35 years old, was found executed, partially bagged on the side of the Playa del Carmen-Tulum road, at the height of Xel-Há. According to official data, the discovery of this body was reported after 11 in the morning, apparently by neighbors of this area. First reports indicate […]
The woman murdered in Tulum was the wife of a former DEA agent
Niko Honarbakhsh, the American woman who was murdered in Tulum in an armed attack at a beach club last Friday, Feb. 9th, was the wife of a former agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration in the United States (DEA), who worked in Cancun as head of security for the internet provider GigNet. The events in […]
Six arrested in connection to the brutal slaying of eight people in Cancun
Mexican authorities say they have arrested six members of a drug gang in connection to the brutal slaying of at least eight people in Cancun. Officials said the arrests were made after the discovery of five dismembered bodies inside a taxi on Jan. 29. The victims were not identified by the attorney general’s office for […]
A stray bullet kills an American woman in Tulum
An American woman died in the crossfire of an apparent drug deal gone bad at a popular Mexican beach resort in the municipality of Tulum. The Quintana Roo State Attorney General’s Office opened an investigation into the Feb. 9 incident which saw the death of an alleged drug dealer from Belize and an American woman, […]
Two foreigners killed in restaurant bar in Tulum
The bodies were transferred to the Forensic Medical Service, for their respective legal autopsies The Quintana Attorney General’s Office opened an investigation file for the aggravated homicide of the two victims and, as a first result, reported today that it has arrested two of the material authors. A pair of foreign citizens were killed in […]
New York man with eyes taped shut rescued from remote part of Mexico
LIMONES, Mexico — An American man was found by Mexican authorities in a house with his eyes taped shut in the town of Limones, which is in a remote area in Mexico’s Quintana Roo province. The man, Joseph Constantine Buonincontri, was found in a house made of natural materials, also known as huano, in a […]
Without authorization: taxi drivers charge excessive fares to passengers in Cancun
The charges of excessive fares by taxi drivers in Cancun persist in the course of 2024, where even the prices are higher than in 2023 despite the fact that the fares have not officially changed. In different uses of the service of the taxis of the Taxi Drivers’ Union “Andrés Quintana Roo”, it was proven […]
Attack leaves a foreign woman dead in hotel zone of Tulum
An armed attack in the hotel zone of Tulum, in Quintana Roo, resulted in the shooting death of a foreign woman and a wounded man. The incident occurred around 19:00 h on Friday at a beach located at kilometer 7.5 of the Tulum-Boca Paila road. This event caused a strong mobilization in that area by […]
Cancún: they ask AMLO to unlock the Malecón Tajamar project
The 22 owners of the plots of Malecón Tajamar have asked the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to unlock this real estate project that has been stopped for eight years due to being involved in an environmental litigation. Although the complex has remained untouched and has in fact become a space of coexistence […]