Crime

A 46-year-old man suffered severe burns over most of his body early Saturday after being tied up, doused with gasoline, and set on fire at a vacation property in Chelem, a beach community in the municipality of Progreso. Yucatán's Public Security Secretariat, known as the SSP, said one person has been detained in connection with the attack. Authorities identified the … [Read more...] about Man, 46, Bound and Set on Fire in Chelem; 1 Suspect Detained

A couple in Yucatán has been sent to pretrial detention after prosecutors say they collected payments from multiple buyers for lots in a residential development that never existed. The Yucatán State Attorney General's Office (FGE) announced that Noemí Evangelina Llanes Lizama (alias Noemi Evangelina Lañez Lizaama) and Víctor Joel Castilla García have been formally linked to … [Read more...] about Couple Jailed in Yucatán Real Estate Scam Targeting Lot Buyers in Seyé

A man has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison for illegally possessing stolen fuel at a federal power installation in Cancún, the latest development in a string of theft operations targeting the same facility. Mexico's federal prosecutor's office, the Fiscalía General de la República (FGR), announced a nine-year, four-month sentence against a man identified only … [Read more...] about Man Gets Over 9 Years for Fuel Theft at Cancún Power Station