Playa del Carmen, Mexico — Approximately 200 residents from the irregular settlement of San Judas Tadeo blocked Playa del Carmen Boulevard tonight to demand the release of one of their leaders, who was detained several days ago.
The protesters gathered with signs in hand to begin the blockade around 7:30 p.m. near Centro Maya and the Arco Vial.
The blockage immediately began to generate long lines of motorists in all directions of the roadway, with queues currently exceeding one kilometer in length.
The protesters are demanding the release of the settlement’s leader, Romeo “N”, who was detained and linked to a process for extortion; a crime for which he is in preventative prison at the Municipal Detention Center.
The residents state that Romeo “N” was unjustly detained, asserting that it is false that he made improper charges, such as “fees” for electricity, to the inhabitants of this settlement, as the State Attorney General’s Office claims.
Luis Herrera Quiam, Secretary General of the Municipal Government, arrived at the point around 8 p.m.— nearly half an hour after the blockade began— to dialogue with the protesters.
The dialogue between the official and the residents is still underway, with the promise that a representative from the Attorney General’s Office will arrive at this location.
Dozens of private cars, trucks, tourist transport buses, and personnel buses remain paralyzed, waiting for the blockade to conclude.
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