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Cancún government demands answers from hotels on sargassum cleanup failures

Mayor Ana Paty Peralta will meet with hotel leaders in Cancún to address failures in sargassum cleanup efforts, amid growing environmental and public health concerns.

The municipal government of Benito Juárez is taking a firmer stance on the growing sargassum problem in Cancún, calling on the hotel industry to explain its inadequate handling of seaweed accumulation along the city's coastline.

Mayor Ana Paty Peralta announced a meeting today with the Hotel Association of Cancún, Puerto Morelos, and Isla Mujeres to address mounting concerns over poor cleanup . . .

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