Protesters paralyze Puerto Vallarta after auto accident fatality

Protesters paralyze Puerto Vallarta after auto accident fatality

Travelers arriving in Puerto Vallarta on Friday, Jan. 30, were met not by open palm-lined roads and highways but by gridlock, uncertainty and long walks under the sun, as the city became the stage for a protest that tested the fragile balance between social justice and economic life in one of Mexico’s most tourism-dependent, service-oriented destinations. By midday on Friday, traffic arteries connecting the cruise port, hotel zone and internatio…