World News | 4 city inspectors killed in Playa del Carmen resort in Mexico

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 12 (AP) — The tortured bodies of four municipal employees were found Saturday stuffed into a car in the Mexican Caribbean resort of Playa del Carmen.

Prosecutors in the Caribbean state of Quintana Roo said the victims were identified as city employees, but gave no further details.

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Local officials later identified the four as municipal inspectors and said their bodies showed signs of torture.

Playa del Carmen has long had problems with illegal businesses, store drug sales and beachfront restaurants taking over the beach area. City inspectors are supposed to enforce local codes at these establishments.

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This is the latest bad news for the Caribbean coast, where sargassum arrived unusually early this year.

Staff and volunteers have begun collecting piles of seaweed on the beach, nearly two months earlier than usual. The noxious-smelling algae doesn’t usually reach Mexico’s Caribbean coast until late March or April.

There was also a lot of sargassum last year, almost as bad as the 2018 peak. (Associated Press)

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