Amid his nation’s latest crime surge, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador deployed military units to secure the Yucatan Peninsula’s tropical beaches and Mayan ruins.
Authorities seek to make Tulum, in particular, “a safer and calmer environment for tourists.”
As Fox News reports:
According to Tulum Mayor Diego Castañón Trejo, an additional 30 members of the Mexican Navy were added to the existing law enforcement presence in the bustling Caribbean coastal destination.
In a published report, Trejo said that the additional 30 military personnel will bring the current personnel up to more than 250.
Of the 250 current active military members providing law enforcement support in Tulum, nearly 100 of them are from the Navy, Trejo said.
The news came after a Mexican tourist was shot and killed at a Tulum resort in April.
According to authorities, the tourist was murdered after he refused to hand over his luxury watch.
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