George this is not new news but just confirms what we’ve been discussing. The cartels are entrenched in the bigger metro areas and control most businesses. Tulum is now
a center of this activity along with day-to-day killings by plain thugs who are not part of the organized cartels.
Did you have another point for sharing the article?


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