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New violence, bad news for Cancun

As if Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula with its beautiful white powdery sand needed any more bad publicity in light of increased, sporadic, cartel-related violence that has filtered over into the tourist district, gun shots rang out last Friday, killing one and injuring six.According to multiple news sources, the violence rang out on an avenue lined with restaurants and shops outside Cancun’s so-called hotel zone.In March, there was the airport scene that went viral. Tourists were seen scrambling from some loud nose that sounded an awful lot like gunshots. State authorities later concluded that it was some sort of metal posts that ...

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