Context-driven reporting and practical safety coverage for residents, travelers, transport, nightlife, and public alerts.
239 linked stories
A federal judge bound two people over in a case on alleged environmental crimes in Tulum, centered on a property Profepa ordered restored. Both must now check in monthly.
Shots struck the entrance of Hotel Bacab in Tulum’s La Veleta on Saturday, and a handwritten warning addressed to a man named Rafael was left beside the building.
Fuel costs and route economics, not insecurity, explain the missing Tulum flights, the president said Thursday. International carriers are due back on October 24, and Mexicana adds 24 flights.
Sedetus and Tulum's city government warn against Yaax Taanil Kaah and Zonot Kaahah, two Tulum developments without permits now advertised on Facebook.
The Tulum government report counted 83 percent fewer homicides and new street works. Hotel, housing, and property figures tell a harder story, and both deserve a reading.
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.
The hospitals in Tulum are two, one public and one private, plus a free Red Cross ambulance. What each treats, what the law makes an ER do, and where referrals go.
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.
Tulum hotel occupancy has been too low to cover payroll since June. The hotel association says sargassum removal, the exchange rate, and fewer airline seats are all on the same bill.
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.
Witnesses describe an attack on a Tulum tortilla shop that never happened. The gunman's magazine hit the pavement, and he rode away. No injuries, no arrests, no official account.
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.
Cruz Roja paramedics confirmed both deaths. The two men found dead in Tulum lots have no names, no ages, and no cause of death, and prosecutors have not linked the cases.
Tulum tour touts still intercept cars at the ruins entrance and push 900-peso packages, months into a federal plan built on cheaper access and restored visitor trust.
A sea turtle rescue in Tulum ended with a 220-kilogram green turtle back in the Caribbean after firefighters lifted it out of a hotel swimming pool.
Sea turtle hatchlings appeared dead on a Tulum beach, and photos show five more in a Plaza Andador trash bin. The Ecology office opened a file that could be sent to Profepa.
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.
An anonymous complaint reported dead sea turtle hatchlings in a Tulum trash container. The city alerted prosecutors and Profepa and asked them to review the plaza cameras.
Quintana Roo and Tulum authorities urged the public to avoid any purchase, sale, or rental tied to Ocean Tulum, a development they say operates without required permits.
