Mexican authorities are cracking down on surging crime within the standard vacationer vacation spot, Tulum, as authorities search to create a “safer and calmer surroundings.”
Based on Tulum Mayor Diego Castañón Trejo, an extra 30 members of the Mexican Navy have been added to the present legislation enforcement presence within the bustling Caribbean coastal destination.
In a printed report, Trejo mentioned that the extra 30 army personnel will carry the present personnel as much as greater than 250.
Of the 250 present energetic army members offering legislation enforcement help in Tulum, almost 100 of them are from the Navy, Trejo mentioned.
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The information got here after a Mexican tourist was shot and killed at a Tulum resort in April.
Authorities mentioned that the vacationer allegedly refused handy over an costly watch he was sporting, and was shot by the robbers.
In 2023, the U.S. State Division issued a journey alert warning vacationers to “train elevated warning,” particularly after darkish, at seashore resorts in Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum, which have been suffering from drug gang violence previously.
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In 2022, two Canadians have been killed in Playa del Carmen, apparently due to money owed between worldwide drug and weapons trafficking gangs.
In 2021, in Tulum, two vacationers — one a California journey blogger born in India and the opposite German — have been killed after they apparently have been caught within the crossfire of a gunfight between rival drug sellers.
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