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Pablo Escobar’s Tulum Spread Gets New Life as $100 Million Hotel

Tulum, the fashionable beach destination on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, is getting a new luxury hotel with a colorful distinction: It once belonged to the cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar. Thor Equities Group bought Casa Magna, part of a beachfront compound once owned by Escobar, for $17.5 million, according to a representative for the firm. It plans to spend…

In March will begin construction of the Mayan Train

In January the first tender will be held in areas where there is already a road. Next January will be the first bidding and in March will begin the works of the Mayan Train, informed today the Federal Government after the indigenous communities and the general population of the states where it will pass supported…

Public consult votes in favor of Maya Train project

Mexico City, Mexico — After a two-day public consultation, the Maya Train project was voted in favor of moving forward. The consultation was held in 84 regions where the construction of the railway will affect residents. In a press conference, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced the results of the public consultation noting that 92.3…