Mexico's picturesque resorts along an 80-mile stretch of the Caribbean coast, once considered safe havens for tourists, have now become a battleground for four warring drug cartels. This shift marks a significant change in the unwritten rules of cartel operations, where previously, certain areas, including tourist resorts, were considered 'off limits' to cartel violence, with a new mantra that 'The rules have changed'. The recent escalation has been highlighted by incidents such as the discovery of two men strangled to death in an Acapulco resort, a popular tourist destination. These developments indicate a departure from the past norms where cartels avoided targeting women, children, and encroaching on each other's territories to maintain a low profile.
"In the old days, you weren't allowed to target women or children. You weren't allowed to encroach on another cartel's territory. And the resorts were off limits. … Cartels wanted to fly under the radar as much as they could." https://t.co/gPWc8n8RqP
"But now it's happening in areas that used to be off limits." https://t.co/gPWc8n8jBh
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More cartel violence on popular Mexico tourist beach as two men found strangled to death in Acapulco resort with police claiming they were 'tortured around the neck' https://t.co/3HMRdx0Dip https://t.co/eCHo8ExPCY
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Mexico's picturesque resorts along an 80-mile stretch of the Caribbean coast -- once safe for tourists -- have become a battleground for four warring drug cartels. https://t.co/E7Sf5hW7pl
Tropical resorts popular with Americans no longer 'off limits' for cartel killers: 'The rules have changed' https://t.co/klXrSx2UMA