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While Cancun is known for its spectacular white sand beaches and turquoise waters, the tourist hotspot is in the grips of a brutal and growing crime wave that threatens to leave it a ghost town. Located in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, things are so bad in Cancun that the murder rate has doubled in the past year — with 169 killings in the first half of 2017. Amid a thriving drug trade and widespread extortion, fear is rampant and most of the murders go unsolved. Now, the situation is so dire that its multibillion-dollar tourism industry is under threat. |
Guess that doesn't mean much though - maybe if he had tried to wander off the resort grounds or away from the shopping district in town a guard would have turned him around.
I'm a follower on a facebook page of one of the resorts we stayed at previously which is definitely on the higher end of the scale. There was a discussion a few weeks ago about a man being gunned down on the beach of the adjacent resort right next to the line between the two properties. The police came and cleared the body/swept the scene in very little time. Only a few people out on the beach in the early morning even saw them there. By mid-morning, the area was clean and police were gone. People that were actually at the resort were posting/following and saying that they had no idea anything had even happened. As far as anyone could tell, no guests at either resort were even questioned as to whether they had seen anything.
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You also have very territorial areas that hunker down and see any intrusion on their land as an attack and threat to their yield. It's an absolutely untenable situation as long as the world wide appetite for drugs stays so high.
I'm doing the same thing in June. Not concerned one bit.
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have reservations at a resort in Riviera Maya and flying into Cancun. Going in April. Still plan on going. After reading the United refund thread won't get our money back for the flight.
I'm doing the same thing in June. Not concerned one bit.
The U.S. government put out a warning not to go to PLaya del Carmen to college kids for Spring break. I told my wife if nothing happens to any of the college kids( most I'm sure will go off the resort) we should be okay. Do not plan of going outside of the resort at all.
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have reservations at a resort in Riviera Maya and flying into Cancun. Going in April. Still plan on going. After reading the United refund thread won't get our money back for the flight.
I'm doing the same thing in June. Not concerned one bit.
The U.S. government put out a warning not to go to PLaya del Carmen to college kids for Spring break. I told my wife if nothing happens to any of the college kids( most I'm sure will go off the resort) we should be okay. Do not plan of going outside of the resort at all.
Ignore these anti-Mexico scare pieces from Rupert Murdoch's rags like the NY Post and The Sun (which are both coincidentally running this same story) and use common sense:
1. How many resorts are there all over Mexico?
2. How many U.S. tourists are going to them every week?
3. How many U.S. tourists are coming back home in coffins?
It's cartel violence. There are very, very dangerous places in Mexico that are like war zones. The swim-up bar in your resort's pool is not one of them.
Have a great time on your vacation next month.
Maybe the cartels *are* the Mexican government.
Bingo.
Playa Del Carmen / Tulum area, amazingly beautiful and safe.
Cozumel also, very safe and as beautiful as it gets in that ocean.
Some gang murder in Cancun won't stop me from enjoying lovely Mexico.
Our murder rate is several times that of most developed countries. Think what they say about us.
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must be incredible for them to let the cartels commit so many murders and get away with so much.
Our murder rate is several times that of most developed countries. Think what they say about us.
I am not sure where you got this but that's not accurate.
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must be incredible for them to let the cartels commit so many murders and get away with so much.
Our murder rate is several times that of most developed countries. Think what they say about us.
I am not sure where you got this but that's not accurate.
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I said developed countries. That means places like a Germany, France, Japan, Canada. Not under-developed countries like Belize, Colombia and Venezuela.
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have reservations at a resort in Riviera Maya and flying into Cancun. Going in April. Still plan on going. After reading the United refund thread won't get our money back for the flight.
I'm doing the same thing in June. Not concerned one bit.
The U.S. government put out a warning not to go to PLaya del Carmen to college kids for Spring break. I told my wife if nothing happens to any of the college kids( most I'm sure will go off the resort) we should be okay. Do not plan of going outside of the resort at all.
Ignore these anti-Mexico scare pieces from Rupert Murdoch's rags like the NY Post and The Sun (which are both coincidentally running this same story) and use common sense:
1. How many resorts are there all over Mexico?
2. How many U.S. tourists are going to them every week?
3. How many U.S. tourists are coming back home in coffins?
It's cartel violence. There are very, very dangerous places in Mexico that are like war zones. The swim-up bar in your resort's pool is not one of them.
Have a great time on your vacation next month.
Thanks, we plan to. Staying at the Grand Luxxe riviera Mayan.
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I saw this from January 11th 2018 and the U.S isn't in the top 25. Link - ( New Window )
I said developed countries. That means places like a Germany, France, Japan, Canada. Not under-developed countries like Belize, Colombia and Venezuela.
Well.. to be fair. Take out Chicago, NOLA, Baltimore and D.C. And I would bet we fall to the bottom of that list.
Plus the amazing climate, water and culture.
So affordable and your dollar goes far. It's my favorite vacation spot. The cartels have literally zero desire to kill you. It's bad for business, it's bad for everyone in Mexico. They usually kill outside Cancun but the independent dealers are getting purged and it's basically nobody gets hurt as a tourist if you stay in your lane and do normal things.
Should always be careful though. It is Mexico after all, but the tourist spots are so respected by all.
It's like the cartels literally make sure nobody fucks with tourists or else they get killed . Atleast in places like Cancun .
Cozumel and Playa Del Carmen the crime in basically invisible
Mexico is big country. Just like the US. Plenty of safe and unsafe areas.
The cartel just kills anyone that tries to stop them...
And it is not just Mexico. Many other Latin American countries have even higher murder rates and worse corruption.