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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.
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.
Merchants accused officials, not only gangs, of extortion. Now Grupo Centurión leads the Tulum extortion investigation as a health official is removed.
Merchants who once paid cartels now describe extortion in Tulum by police and inspectors, while a record sargassum season deepens the town's economic strain.
Tulum extortion complaints grow as business owners and foreign tourists accuse inspectors and traffic officers of demanding payments, deepening the destination's economic slump.
The Hartwood restaurant fire started in the palapa and drew firefighters and Civil Protection crews, who contained it with material damage and no reported injuries.
Federal opposition deputies want Sheinbaum and García Harfuch to step into the Tulum tourism crisis, citing extortion, a visitor slump, and citizen complaints over licensing.
A developer was arrested in Nuevo León over a Tulum real estate fraud estimated at 57 million pesos, while his business partner remains free on a contested amparo.
An American fugitive arrested in Tulum was wanted in Texas for the alleged sexual assault of a minor, and now faces a handover to U.S. authorities.
Municipal officials report a Tulum crime reduction of 74% in homicides and 76% in high-impact crimes over seven weeks, with 30 people detained and weapons and drugs seized.
Iran captain Alireza Jahanbakhsh says a masked cartel stopped and robbed him in Tulum before the 2026 World Cup, in a story now going viral.
Vacation rental occupancy in Tulum and the Mexican Caribbean is falling well short of World Cup projections, with June at 25% and July at just 16%, per industry data.
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake near the western coast of Cuba rattled Quintana Roo on Monday afternoon. No injuries or structural damage were reported.
The Museo Regional de la Costa Oriental recorded over 780,000 visitors last year, backed by federal security protocols and a growing cultural program inside Parque del Jaguar.
Tulum dismissed the director of the Executive Police after fishermen denounced an illegal checkpoint and intimidation captured on a video that spread on social media.
As heat waves approach Mexico, the Akumal Sanctuary and Profepa activate the national primate protection protocol to coordinate rescue of three vulnerable monkey species.
