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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.
Tulum extortion complaints now point at the authorities themselves. Merchants, hoteliers, and tourists describe inspections, traffic stops, and monthly quotas that end in cash, transfers, or closure.
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.
