Playa del Carmen Serves Up Chaos This Week

Playa del Carmen's underbelly exposed: taxi drivers arrested for drug dealing and assault, abandoned train station, child trafficking, and bizarre attacks dominate the news.

Playa del Carmen Serves Up Chaos This Week
A weathered sign for Playa del Carmen's Mayan Train station sits forlornly against a backdrop of lush jungle.

Remember those bone-jarring videos of the Playa del Carmen's Coco Bongo taxi beatdown? The ones where tourists ended up eating pavement instead of fajitas? Well, two of the fine gentlemen involved in the brawl are now off the streets, courtesy of the Quintana Roo police.

Turns out, Abraham and Juan Manuel weren't just moonlighting as pugilists – they were allegedly slinging a bit of the white powder and some dried-up greenery on the side. You know, the kind of “party favors” that might explain why a simple taxi fare disagreement turned into a viral MMA cage match. But hey, at least they weren't overcharging tourists, right? Well, about that…