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Tulum police extortion is reported by visitors every day. What the municipal traffic rulebook actually authorizes, what a fine costs, and where to report an officer.
Tulum security cameras now number more than 1,850, up from 400. The rule governing growth lies in the municipal revenue law, not in a police regulation.
Sea turtle hatchlings are now reaching the beaches of Quintana Roo, and two videos of people picking them up are under investigation. The state committee has set out what to do and what not to.
Three people detained in the city center on drug and weapons charges are now linked to the Tulum taxi driver murder, the state attorney general said. No motive has been made public.
Quintana Roo's prosecutor announced four Tulum homicide arrests, including a Canadian national and a 17-year-old, in cases tied to the killings of a taxi driver and another man.
Prosecutors opened a homicide case after a Tulum taxi driver was shot dead at kilometer 12.5 of the Cobá highway. He has not been publicly identified.
Attackers on motorcycles killed a man known as El Moreno outside his home in Carlos Joaquín González, the second fatal Tulum shooting in four days. No arrests have been announced.
The Tulum shooting in La Veleta came three weeks after federal officials stood in the town and reported two straight months without a homicide. Prosecutors have named no motive and no suspects.
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.
Hotel occupancy in Tulum and the corridor to Puerto Morelos has recovered to 45 percent, CROC says. Sedetur's count is higher, and both sit far from the level that protects hotel jobs.
Tulum removed eight officers this year and published a complaint line. A step-by-step guide to report police corruption in Tulum, for residents and visitors alike.
Quintana Roo's urban development agency says the Mayab Tulum project lacks the permits required by state law and warns that any purchase or rental agreement there could carry legal risk.
A Tulum nightclub shooting early Sunday killed a man reported to be the venue's head of security. A waitress was hospitalized and later moved to Playa del Carmen.
A rented ATV struck a five-month-pregnant woman on Mercurio Oriente on Sunday. Tulum's traffic regulations define bicycles, tricycles, and motorcycles. It never names the ATV.
A family in Cobá says both of its dogs were poisoned on Saturday. One died. It is the second dog poisoning report in the Tulum municipality this week, and no toxicology results are public.
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.
A viral video alleging a Tulum dog poisoning has prompted a prosecutor's investigation, though no toxicology results yet confirm what killed the animal.
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.
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.
The Parque del Jaguar seizure of Cinco Tulum and Las Palmas remains unexplained three weeks on, and workers in the protected area fear their businesses could be next.
