Quintana Roo.- The United States consulate issued a security alert to Americans who are in Quintana Roo, due to the violent acts that have arisen between taxi drivers and Uber.
This warning from the US consulate comes after attacks by taxi drivers against workers and users of Uber and Cabify have been registered since January 19 to date in Quintana Roo, Cancun and Playa del Carmen.
Video showing groups of taxi drivers beating and threatening platform drivers and even passengers have gone viral on social networks.
“Past disputes between these services and local taxi driver unions have occasionally turned violent, resulting in injury to US citizens on some occasions,” the consular alert warns.
Likewise, the US authorities ask its citizens to review their personal security plans, be aware of their surroundings and maintain a low profile; in addition to contacting the Mexican authorities in case of any incident, according to what was reported by the Aristegui Noticias outlet.
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In another of the videos that have circulated on social networks, you can see how a group of taxi drivers hit a man in front of his family, apparently he was an Uber user, who was preparing to get into the vehicle.
On the other hand, different local media reported that the taxi drivers followed the Uber from the Cancun International Airport to steal the ticket.
In this event, the municipal authorities seized three taxis and the operator’s vehicle.
However, it does not stop there, another incident recorded on Thursday, January 19, shows a family of foreign tourists who apparently came from Russia, were forced to get off the Uber in which they were traveling.
According to reports, the family was picked up on the night of January 19 outside Plaza Las Américas and was heading to the Hotel Zone, however, two taxis followed them along the way.
The Uber driver, seeing that he was being persecuted, went to the Quintana Roo Prosecutor’s Office to file a complaint, but without waiting for him, three more taxis intercepted the passage of the vehicle and forced the family to get out.
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In a video, it shows the tourist family asking for help from the police, while the mother desperately and two overwhelmed minors, after they intercepted the car in which they were traveling.
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