In Yucatán, a large percentage of impunity prevails, according to the group “México Evalúa”. According to data from the entity, 80 percent of the crimes that are reported to the State Attorney General’s Office remain in total impunity. Last year, 4,029 were presented to the Public Ministry for various crimes, however, 3,223 remained in total impunity or those responsible were […]
Guacamaya Leaks: Yucatan, among the states of southeastern Mexico plagued by cartels
Sedena recognizes that the geographical location of Yucatan makes the State a strategic area for criminal structures. Confidential reports that are part of the emails obtained by the group Guacamaya Leaks confirm that the southeast of Mexico is plagued by the struggles of criminal groups for the transfer of drugs, and Yucatan is no exception. In the reports, Sedena acknowledges that […]
Yucatan beach community carjacking ends in murder
AUTHORITIES ACHIEVE THE CAPTURE OF THE MURDERERS OF THE NEIGHBOR OF CHICXULUB PUERTO, WHO INTENDED TO BUY A MAZDA TRUCK FROM HIM PROGRESO, YUCATAN. – – The coordinated work of the Public Security Secretariat (SSP) and the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE), in the investigation of the homicide of a young man, which occurred last Monday […]
Yucatan Police corruption; officers arrested for extorting money from businesses
The subjects arrived at the site and demanded money from the managers to let them work. MÉRIDA, Yucatán.- Two subjects were arrested by the Police in a restaurant bar located south of the Periférico de Mérida, since they had the funny idea of posing as members of organized crime, and tried to extort money for “protection” from those in charge of the […]
Armed thugs try to take over hotels in the Chichen Itza area, employees and guests beaten
Dozens of people tried to take over the facilities of the Hotel Mayaland, adjacent to the archaeological site of Chichen Itza. MÉRIDA.- Dozens of thugs brought from Quintana Roo in more than twenty vehicles tried to take the facilities of the Mayaland hotel adjacent to the archaeological zone of Chichén Itza, today at dawn In the attempt, these […]
Renters Beware; With machetes in hand, a group of thugs ‘kidnap’ Americans in Yucatan
A legal dispute over a summer property in Yucatan keeps a foreign family kidnapped A foreign family is experiencing moments of anguish in Yucatan after a group of hired thugs keeps them ‘ kidnapped ‘ inside a summer property. The summer estate is located on the Telchac Puerto-San Bruno highway in Yucatan. As reported in La Verdad Noticias, Joe Lousi Zamora and Janet Anne Sanders were threatened […]
New Progreso Yucatan police chief accused of previous crimes of home invasion, robbery, and excessive use of force
Progress, Yucatan; January 27, 2022.- Commander Omar de la Cruz Herrera Cocom was appointed today by Mayor Julián Zacarías Curi as the new director of the municipal police amid a barrage of criticism for having incurred in the crimes of excessive use of force, home invasion, and robbery, in 2016. The new director of the port […]
Why peace in Yucatan is a myth (and why that myth is dangerous)
The Yucatecan security model involves serious human rights violations, is authoritarian, and has failed to stop the decomposition of the security of Yucatecans. The most recent governors of Yucatan have boasted to the four winds that they govern the “safest state.” The President took them at their word when he put the Yucatecan security model as a […]
Young man shot in Merida dies, violence continues to increase in what once was considered a safe city
The 19-year-old lost his life. His uncle tried to defend him and was also shot MÉRIDA, Yucatan.- A young man who was walking through the streets of the Nueva San José Tecoh neighborhood, south of Mérida, was shot and lost his life, lying in the middle of the street. The events occurred at dawn on December 12 at Calle […]