The sun-kissed beaches and turquoise waters of Mexico’s Caribbean resort of Cancun attract millions of visitors, but schoolteacher Yazmin Teran...
In 2023 alone, 32.7 million visitors touched down at Cancun airport – 63% of them foreigners, according to official data. Few are likely to visit Villas Otoch Paraiso, where Teran lives.A quick internet search shows that the housing development, established in 2007 and home to about 40 000 people, is considered to be “Cancun’s most dangerous neighbourhood.”
“Going to the beach can be expensive,” said Teran, a community leader who organises activities to help children and the elderly.She estimates a family neds about 500 pesos to spend a day at the beach in the hotel zone. Seen from above, the symmetrical blocks of 14 000 identical homes measuring just 35m2 give an impression of order. At ground level, the street furniture is decaying and drug dealers who work in the tourist zone are also present.
Some children stay inside while others play in the streets or are re ruited by gangs. Shootings and sexual abuse involving children are common, Ochoa said. Rosalina Gomez, 36, came to Cancun from the southern state of Chiapas, fleeing poverty and an abusive father.
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