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MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Environmental Department is closing at least five small, upscale hotels and three other developments south of Cancun.
Officials say the businesses don’t have permission to operate in the protected area near the Tulum Ruins. Hotel owners say their papers are in order and the government can’t shut them down.
Federal environmental prosecutor Patricio Patron says the hotels could eventually be demolished if the owners can’t prove their legal right to the land. But he says that will take a year or more.
