Top Tourist Destination in Crisis: Eight More Bodies Found Near Resort

BY VERONIKA BONDARENKO THESTREET UPDATED APRIL 26, 2023 4:32 PM

A Cancun police search turned up eight new bodies near the popular tourist hotspot. While more than one generation has fond memories of catching some rays in Cancun, the Mexican resort town has had a rough few weeks maintaining its image as a safe vacation destination.

At the start of April 2023, local authorities found four bodies very close to the main hotel zone. A few weeks earlier, an American tourist was shot in the leg at the nearby resort town of Puerto Morelos while a Mexican tourist was killed in the exclusive Tulum resort on April 11.

The washed-up body saga did not stop before the month was over and eight more bodies were located in Cancun and nearby areas.

SEARCH FOR MISSING PEOPLE IN CANCUN TURNS UP ANSWERS

After learning of their disappearances from family, the police department for the Mexican state of Quintana Roo embarked on a regular search for missing people over the weekend of April 22-23.

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