There are fears that Cancun is on the brink of ruin and could face a demise similar to that of Acapulco, which was once one of the world’s most glamorous locations but is now Mexico’s murder capital.
Located in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, things are so bad in Cancun that the murder rate has doubled with 169 killings in the first half of the year.
Amid a thriving drug trade and widespread extortion, fear is rampant and most of the murders go unsolved. Now, the situation is so dire that its multibillion-dollar tourism industry is under threat.
