More than 8,000 National Guard, Navy and Army soldiers they are lined up in the coastal cities of Mexico in view of the long weekend that also opens in the Aztec country, for Easter.
Troops are deployed as the streets are filled with tourists during this mini vacation.
the recent murder of at least eight people at the beginning of the week on the beaches of Acapulco and Cancun, two favorite destinations for foreign and Mexican tourists, he promoted the measure. But it’s not the first time this has happened.
In fact, already in 2021, the National Guard Tourist Security Battalion was created. That same year he began patrolling the white beaches of Cancun, Quintana Roo State.
On November 17 of the same year, the tourist battalion was created. It is staffed with 1,500 National Guard police officers to protect its popular Caribbean beaches in Cancun and Tulum from organized crime.
The new unit began operations on December 1, 21021 in the known area like the Riviera Maya in the state of Quintana Roo, but the authorities have promised to eventually introduce similar battalions in other resort towns.
The Riviera Maya and the Yucatan Peninsula are the main tourist locations from Mexico, the seventh most visited country in the world.
a usual scene
For this reason, the presence of soldiers among the women in bikinis is a scene that, although surprising, has become the order of the day on the beaches.
Heavily armed soldiers patrol the tourists having fun and bathing. This will happen this Holy Week in Cancun and Tulum, in the Caribbean, Veracruz, as well as in Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco and Mazatlán, on the Pacific coast, until April 16th
The presence of the armed forces it is not hidden, on the contrary, it is clearly visible. It is a question of deploying greater vigilance on the part of the authorities to dissuade criminal groups from acting and carrying out their activities in tourist areas in full view of all and, paradoxically, It is also intended to reassure tourists. During Holy Week, these coastal cities They are full of domestic and foreign vacationers.
However, The United States has issued security advisories in the Riviera Maya and Acapulcoas several regions of the Pacific coast are already among the areas not recommended for American tourists. Despite the complicated security situation, with around 80 homicides a day, Mexico continues to be one of the 10 most visited countries in the world.
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Source: Clarin
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