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Commanders from the three levels of government reviewed Tulum security operations on August 5, from the quadrant alert map to the patrols the municipality says now run around the clock.
The new Tulum property tax discount cuts 25 percent off bills from past years and half the penalties on old debt, with a September 29 deadline.
Two weeks after promising the governor a trust for the environmental sanitation fee, Tulum has yet to sign one, and the group pressing for it wants a citizen council to run the money.
INAH says it remains the sole operator of the Tulum archaeological zone after a federal decree moved ticket sales to Grupo Mundo Maya. The culture workers union calls it silent privatization.
Mexico will spend 2.635 billion pesos over two years to catch sargassum offshore. Tulum is one of five priority corridors, with 10,943 tons already pulled off its sand.
A transparency request asked how many Tulum police patrols run and how many cameras work. Both answers are now reserved for five years; one of them was approved the day the reply went out.
INAH will handle Tulum Archaeological Zone tickets directly after the combined CONANP pass ended, with separate booths and a new ticket office promised within 60 days.
The response to the Tulum tourism crisis came from the president herself, while the mayor elected to govern the destination stayed out of sight. The absence is the story.
A federal decree in the Official Gazette grants free access to Parque del Jaguar and cuts Tulum archaeological zone fees, following requests from residents and business owners.
During Sheinbaum's Tulum visit, the president cut access fees and promised a sargassum plan, yet the extortion, taxi abuse, and hotel-sector relief that merchants cite never reached the table.
Merchants accused officials, not only gangs, of extortion. Now Grupo Centurión leads the Tulum extortion investigation as a health official is removed.
Free access for Mexicans, lower fees, and open beaches at Parque del Jaguar. What Sheinbaum's Tulum visit fixed, what it admitted, and who was missing from the picture.
The wall at the Jaguar Park entrance will fall, replaced by an arch built by military engineers to reopen the walk from Tulum town to the ruins and the sea.
Sheinbaum announced 10 agreements in Tulum covering Jaguar Park Tulum entry prices, beach access, electric shuttles, a new bus system, and a parking lot at the park's south entrance.
Sheinbaum opened her four day Quintana Roo tour in Tulum by overruling her own Conanp chief, ordering a rewrite of the Jaguar Park management plan before the end of July.
The federal government cut ruins tickets to 80 pesos for Mexicans and 265 pesos for foreigners, opened 10 public entry points, and said Tulum beach access will stay free.
President Claudia Sheinbaum's visit began with a Jaguar Park walk, during which residents raised a property seizure claim and objected to changes to the Tulum National Park management plan.
Sesa removed Emigdio Morales Mezquita after business owners accused Tulum health inspectors of extortion and of posing as federal Cofepris agents. A councilman says the state was warned for years.
The president lands in Tulum on Thursday and will not leave Quintana Roo until Sunday. A 415-peso Jaguar Park fee, a sargassum plan, and cargo locomotives await Sheinbaum.
Mayor Diego Castañón rejected rumors of privatization and defended Free Access, the deal that provides 25 free Tulum beach access points through hotels along 8.5 kilometers of coast.
A resident says the SAT billed him for a Tulum payroll salary he never received. City hall promises a meeting as audits expose ghost employees left by past administrations.
