Will MTV's 'Acapulco Shore' Make Mexico's Drug-Ravaged Coast Sexy Again? Rafael Fernandez De Castro - Fusion
go to original September 10, 2014

Mane - “Acapulco Shore” is set to air in September with 13 episodes, according to provocative teasers. (Acapulco Shore)

Not long ago Acapulco had the reputation of being a romantic Mexican resort town, known for its cliff divers and immortalized by Hollywood royalty; Sinatra crooned that Acapulco bay was “perfect for a flying honeymoon.”

But in recent years the city has been torn asunder by a turf war between rival drug cartels, which, enabled by government corruption, have conducted brutal massacres and beheadings. In 2013 Acapulco, located in the heart of the home state to the country’s armed vigilante groups, gained the dubious distinction of being named “Mexico’s most violent city.”

Now residents have one more thing to worry about: eight aspiring MTV reality show stars who hope to get their sex, drama and mayhem on tape.

...The question, however, is whether the government and the public will embrace the MTV “reality show” while continuing to fight to change their own reality. A report published last year by Mexico’s National Institute for Geography and Statistics ranked Guerrero as the second state with the poorest youth population.

But Acapulco Shore is aimed at a different demographic of youth — the hoards of wealthy spring breakers who once boosted the local economy by flocking to hotels, restaurants and nightclubs.

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