VIDEO: Restaurant set on fire in Acapulco for not paying extortion from organized crime

Acapulco, one of the most important tourist destinations in Mexico, is beginning to recover from the devastating passage of Hurricane Otis, but there is another phenomenon that plagues it and plunges it into a desperate situation: organized crime. Newly They opened some businesses and the extortions did not wait.

While authorities and residents fight to make the port shine again, criminals “punish” those who do not comply with their demands, as happened with the “Kalei” beach club restaurant, which was burned down for not paying the imposed fee.

A video captured from what appears to be a hotel circulated on social networks, in the background you can see a fire and a fire truck, the elements fighting to put out the fire. The information that was given later was brutal, since It was not an accidental accident, but a deliberate one..

The place burns, the flames rise, resisting being put out by the water that is thrown at them, an orange column rises showing the drama that is being experienced, materializing what has been happening for years in the port.

According to Fuerza Informativa Azteca, a group of individuals arrived at the site early Friday morning and set fire to the palapas of the restaurant, which generated not only the loss of the place, but also the indignation of the population and Internet users due to the tragedy that hit Acapulco a few months ago.

But the burning of the restaurant was not the only violent and tragic event, since a man was found murdered, the body had clear signs of torture, as he was tied hand and foot, in addition to the fact that his head was covered with a black cloth and He was half wrapped with a sheet.

Unofficial information indicates that The fatal victim would be the manager of the burned restaurant by organized crime, something that set off the alarm even more, since military elements monitor the place from the Otis Pass and even then crime does not decrease.

Extortions in Acapulco

At the beginning of 2024, the newspaper Milenio published a report on extortion in Acapulco, which dates back many years, but intensified after the passage of Hurricane Otis.

Small and medium merchants lost everything, to recover it they had to ask for credit, the difficult situation was complicated because organized crime came with demandsregardless of the faltering economy of the place and its inhabitants.

Fear causes the majority not to report, although what is happening in the port is known by all the authorities, who do little or nothing to solve the situation, as revealed by those affected.

Some claim that the National Guard has managed to scare away the criminals (not in all cases), so they have invented that the elements harass the bathers.

In that same report, those affected revealed the fees that are required of them, although it varies depending on the business, the small ones are asked for around 5,000 pesos per week, “but you can negotiate, You offer them something and if they don’t accept it, it’s best to close.”.

Closing is not the option that the merchants want, but they know that if they do not pay they will be killed, and Sometimes criminals are so cruel that they murder a family member. to cause them more pain.

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