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The Truth About Crime, Carnage and Cancun

Stacey Dooley visits Cancun to discover the dark side behind the Mexican party resort, joining police and medics as they try to protect tourists and mop up the trouble they cause.

Every spring, two million partygoers flock to Cancun for a week or two of pure hedonism - the Mexican resort is second only to Ibiza in the party stakes for young Brits. But as Stacey Dooley discovers, behind this famous spring break hotspot there's a darker side to Cancun that the tourists rarely get to see.

Stacey joins the police to see the daily struggle they face to protect the tourists and mop up the trouble they cause. She also spends time with the medics responsible for dealing with the casualties when things go wrong.

Investigating what's hiding behind the glossy resorts and brightly lit megaclubs, Stacey finds out why Mexico's military marines and armed police patrol them, and reveals what life is really like for the thousands of Mexican hotel workers who cater to the holidaymakers.

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Role Contributor
Presenter Stacey Dooley
Producer Juliette Murray-Topham
Director Juliette Murray-Topham
Executive Producer Mark Rubens

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