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Blocks of apartments stand next to a large squatters' settlement known as October 2, in Tulum, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Quintana Roo state officials have vowed to relocate or remove about 12,000 inhabitants of the settlement, erected in 2016 on very valuable and once public land located between the town of Tulum and its beach.
People ride their motorcycles past an advertisement that offers modern condominiums for sale, next to a squatters' settlement known as October 2, in Tulum, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Condos on the edge of the squatters´ camp, and some well inside it, now sell for between $100,000 and $150,000 and are advertised in U.S. dollars, as are entrance fees at many seaside resorts.
People walk on and where their homes once stood in the October 2 squatter settlement before their homes were demolished by authorities in Tulum, Quintana Roo state, Mexico where real estate marketed toward foreigner investors is going up, behind, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. The contrast between rich and poor is stark: Gleaming white four-story condos with vaguely Mayan-sounding names and English slogans like “Live in the Luscious Jungle” and “An immersive spiritual experience” stand next to shacks.
A person cycles through the October 2 squatter settlement in Tulum, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, Thursday, August 4, 2022. The squatters’ camp is part of a larger stretch of public land that was sold by city officials to largely foreign developers.
A phrase that reads in Spanish “SOS Mr. AMLO. We are being attacked. Help!!!” covers a street in the October 2 squatter settlement in Tulum, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. The message was written by the squatters, directed at Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador after local authorities attempted to evict them from a stretch of public land that was sold by city officials to largely foreign developers.
Jose Antonio Leon Mendez gives an interview outside his home in the October 2 squatter settlement where he is the leader in Tulum, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, Thursday, August 4, 2022. Mendez, a welder who has lived in Cancun and Tulum for about three decades, says the settlement represents a last stand for Mexicans are being priced out of their own coast.
A resident of the October 2 squatter settlement carries a cement block as he rebuilds his home in Tulum, Quintana Roo state, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. The man's home was partially destroyed on July 27, when police accompanying a backhoe fired tear gas and tried to knock down several homes in the shadow of a new, balconied condo building. The attempt ended when the wind shifted the gas back onto officers, who retreated under a hail of rocks.
A resident works on his home in the October 2 squatter settlement in Tulum, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, Thursday, August 4, 2022. The attorney general of Quintana Roo, Oscar Montes de Oca, vows to evict the squatters, saying he has the cort orders.
Blocks of apartments stand next to a large squatters' settlement known as October 2, in Tulum, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Quintana Roo state officials have vowed to relocate or remove about 12,000 inhabitants of the settlement, erected in 2016 on very valuable and once public land located between the town of Tulum and its beach.
People ride their motorcycles past an advertisement that offers modern condominiums for sale, next to a squatters' settlement known as October 2, in Tulum, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Condos on the edge of the squatters´ camp, and some well inside it, now sell for between $100,000 and $150,000 and are advertised in U.S. dollars, as are entrance fees at many seaside resorts.
People walk on and where their homes once stood in the October 2 squatter settlement before their homes were demolished by authorities in Tulum, Quintana Roo state, Mexico where real estate marketed toward foreigner investors is going up, behind, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. The contrast between rich and poor is stark: Gleaming white four-story condos with vaguely Mayan-sounding names and English slogans like “Live in the Luscious Jungle” and “An immersive spiritual experience” stand next to shacks.
A person cycles through the October 2 squatter settlement in Tulum, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, Thursday, August 4, 2022. The squatters’ camp is part of a larger stretch of public land that was sold by city officials to largely foreign developers.
A phrase that reads in Spanish “SOS Mr. AMLO. We are being attacked. Help!!!” covers a street in the October 2 squatter settlement in Tulum, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. The message was written by the squatters, directed at Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador after local authorities attempted to evict them from a stretch of public land that was sold by city officials to largely foreign developers.
Jose Antonio Leon Mendez gives an interview outside his home in the October 2 squatter settlement where he is the leader in Tulum, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, Thursday, August 4, 2022. Mendez, a welder who has lived in Cancun and Tulum for about three decades, says the settlement represents a last stand for Mexicans are being priced out of their own coast.
A resident of the October 2 squatter settlement carries a cement block as he rebuilds his home in Tulum, Quintana Roo state, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. The man's home was partially destroyed on July 27, when police accompanying a backhoe fired tear gas and tried to knock down several homes in the shadow of a new, balconied condo building. The attempt ended when the wind shifted the gas back onto officers, who retreated under a hail of rocks.
A resident works on his home in the October 2 squatter settlement in Tulum, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, Thursday, August 4, 2022. The attorney general of Quintana Roo, Oscar Montes de Oca, vows to evict the squatters, saying he has the cort orders.
TULUM, Mexico (AP) — Unchecked development has hit this once laid back beach town on Mexico’s Caribbean coast so hard that developers are now eager — even desperate — to build condominiums and hotels in a shantytown.
While police are trying to evict squatters so towering condos can be built next to wood and tarpaper shacks, residents are fighting back, saying they are tired of foreign investors excluding local people from their own coast.
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NEW YORK — The 9/ 11 Tribute Museum in downtown Manhattan has closed its doors just a month shy of the 21st anniversary of the terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center.
AUSTIN, Texas — Confusion and secrecy marked the rollout of the state’s decision to investigate some parents of transgender children for abuse, newly released records show.
Shilese Jones grabbed the lead at the U.S. gymnastics championships, riding a dynamic bars routine to post an all-around total of 57.200. The 20-year-old Jones began the competition with a staggering 14.850 during her bars set, the highest score of the night on any event. She carried the momentum across the final three rotations to cap off the best night of her elite career. Konnor McClain, whose 14.8 on beam marked the best score in the world in the event in 2022, is second at 56.400. Jordan Chiles, a silver medalist on the 2020 Olympic team, is third at 56.150.
Patrick Sandoval pitched a four-hitter for his first career shutout, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Detroit Tigers 1-0 on Jared Walsh’s second-inning homer. Sandoval threw 97 pitches, struck out nine, didn’t walk a batter and didn’t allow a runner past first base as the Angels ended a three-game skid. The 25-year-old left-hander retired 12 straight batters before Victor Reyes singled with one out in the ninth. Sandoval then got Riley Greene to ground into a game-ending double play, the third the Angels turned behind him. Matt Manning took a tough-luck loss for Detroit, allowing three hits in seven innings.
LOS ANGELES — A man convicted of killing five people in a random shooting spree in the San Fernando Valley in 2014 was sentenced this week to life in prison without the possibility of parole, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said.
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