Although Cancún’s Tourism Department has insisted that media reports and photos of sargassum are “fake news” concocted by rival destinations like Puerto Vallarta, it’s now recruiting hundreds of volunteers to clear that very “imaginary” algae this weekend.
The Benito Juárez City Council announced that the second mega sargassum cleanup campaign will take place next Saturday, July 19. Federal institutions, municipal staff and civil organizations will join forces to clear beaches hit by this buildup of macroalgae. Volunteers from the National Guard, the Ministry of National Defense (Sedena), local government and community . . .
