A little about Playa Zipolite, The Beach of the Dead . . .

Playa Zipolite, Oaxaca, Southern Mexico, on the Pacific Ocean. A little bit about my favorite little get-away on this small world of ours.

Zipolite, a sweaty 30-minute walk west from Puerto Angel, brings you to Playa Zipolite and another world. The feeling here is 1970's - Led Zep, Marley, and scruffy gringos.

A long, long time ago, Zipolite beach was usually visited by the Zapotecans...who made it a magical place. They came to visit Zipolite to meditate, or just to rest.

Recently, this beach has begun to receive day-trippers from Puerto Angel and Puerto Escondido, giving it a more TOURISTY feel than before.

Most people come here for the novelty of the nude beach, yoga, turtles, seafood, surf, meditation, vegetarians, discos, party, to get burnt by the sun, or to see how long they can stretch their skinny budget.

I post WWW Oaxaca, Mexico, Zipolite and areas nearby information. Also general budget, backpacker, surfer, off the beaten path, Mexico and beyond, information.

REMEMBER: Everyone is welcome at Zipolite.

ivan

Saturday, March 15, 2025

Carnage in a tourist paradise: Dozens of young people kidnapped from the beach. Authorities found several dismembered or decapitated bodies Written by Ziua de Cluj March 14, 2025 ,08:13

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Carnage in a tourist paradise: Dozens of young people kidnapped from the beach. Authorities found several dismembered or decapitated bodies

Carnage in a tourist paradise: Dozens of young people kidnapped from the beach. Authorities found several dismembered or decapitated bodies

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March 14, 2025 ,08:13

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Some of the most popular beaches on Mexico's west coast have become the scene of sinister mass disappearances and bloody massacres in just two months, El Pais reported .

A holiday paradise for artists, but also a favorite destination for two million tourists a year and an ideal place for Instagram photos, it is now also the scene of mass disappearances and a massacre.

In two months, 16 people have disappeared around Huatulco, Zipolite and Puerto Escondido, iconic beaches on the Mexican Pacific. Nine bodies were found inside a car, but officials have not given an explanation. Jaqueline Meza was taken from the paradisiacal beaches of Oaxaca a week ago. It was her mother who raised the alarm: she was kidnapped while having dinner at a beachside restaurant.

Seven men disappeared from the same area in January. Another nine young men in late February. Nothing was heard of the first group. The bodies of the second group were found 400 kilometers away in an abandoned car. All the young men had been tortured, killed, and their bodies dismembered.

What happened between them remains a mystery, but authorities have admitted they are investigating possible police involvement. The murders have shattered the idea of peace on this gorgeous stretch of coast.

It is more than a six-hour drive from where the young men were abducted to where their bodies were dumped. How did the killers do it? Did they transport nine bodies 250 miles or did they take them while they were still alive? If so, where were they killed? “How much power do you have to have to be able to run a state with a vehicle loaded with corpses? Or how much impunity?” asks a local journalist, who prefers not to give his name for security reasons, El Pais also writes.

This wild stretch of Mexico's Pacific coast is considered a favorite area for drug traffickers to store and distribute drugs. Locals tell of planes landing in the middle of the jungle and boats arriving on the beach laden with cargo and being unloaded at night. Two weeks ago, the Mexican navy seized a boat with 670 kilograms of cocaine in Huatulco, but how many other shipments have gone unnoticed?