Quintana Roo Plans to End In-Person Visitax Collection at Cancún Airport
Quintana Roo plans to remove in-person Visitax collectors and payment booths from Cancún International Airport after complaints that some departing…
Law Enforcement
Profepa Seizes More Than 7,000 Turtles, Tarantulas and Cacti in Three Months
Profepa carried out 17 seizures at ten international airports between August and November, confiscating more than 7,000 specimens and 145…
Quintana Roo Posts Mexico’s Largest Drop in Business Crime Victimization, INEGI Says
Quintana Roo recorded Mexico's steepest drop in business crime victimization, down 32.9% between 2023 and 2025, according to INEGI survey…
Group Alleges Dolphin Semen Extraction at Cozumel’s Dolphinaris
Environmental group VEELEAF alleges a Dolphinaris Cozumel veterinarian manipulated a captive dolphin's genitals, possibly to extract semen, and urges Profepa…
Quintana Roo Taxis Required to Add GPS and Surveillance Cameras Under Security Push
Quintana Roo taxi unions are installing GPS trackers and cameras linked to the C5 command center, with about 300 vehicles…
Graduation Party Canceled in Mérida as Students Accuse Classmate of 490,000-Peso Fraud
Forty psychology graduates in Mérida lost their graduation party after a classmate allegedly kept 490,000 pesos collected for the event.
Cancún Restaurateurs Urged to Report Extortion After Playa del Carmen Gang Is Busted
Authorities arrested two alleged leaders of a gang that demanded monthly payments from 14 Playa del Carmen bars and restaurants.
Tulum Residents Report Wave of Suspected Dog and Cat Poisonings in La Veleta
Neighbors in Tulum's La Veleta say dogs and cats were found in shock or dead from suspected poisoning, prompting calls…
Searching Mothers Keep Indefinite Blockade in Cancún Hotel Zone as State Officials Stay Silent
The Madres Buscadoras collective has kept kilometer zero of Cancún's Kukulcán Boulevard blocked for four days, demanding state justice officials…
Nine Alleged Drug Dealers Arrested in Twin Operations in Playa del Carmen
Nine suspected members of a Playa del Carmen drug-dealing gang were arrested in two separate operations, prosecutors said.