On The Road

A shocking bit of news from The Yucatan which is making the discussion board rounds over on Thorntree and at LocoGringo, is that there have been three ADO bus robberies made in a matter of 30 hours. Two of the robberies were made out of Valladolid. Three armed men got onto the Cancun-Merida first class bus as passengers and once the bus was out on the highway, they pulled out their guns and took the passengers money. The three men then get off of the bus and into a waiting vehicle to escape. There were about 40 passengers on each of the buses at the time. At this time the thieves are still at large.

This is not news for travelers in Mexico, but it is for travelers who know and love The Yucatan where bus travel has been extremely safe. While in other parts of Mexico, this type of robbery could take place at any time of day, they usually take place on the long haul overnight lines. These incidents in The Yucatan happened in the late afternoon, early evening, so they are considered to be even more brazen.

Here is the Por Esto! article dated January 10th, in Spanish. It appears that the robberies happened earlier in the week.