Mexico's Islas Marias: from prison to tourist attraction

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Monday, December 19, 2022 4:08 AM GMT

Islas Marias, the group of islands off Puerto Vallarta, are now a travel destination.

One of Mexico's most notorious prisons begins a new chapter this weekend as a Pacific Ocean getaway after a makeover aimed at bringing in tourists to the former penal colony.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday evening opened the Islas Marias Tourist Center, bidding to turn the decades-old federal prison in the Islas Marias archipelago into an environmental attraction and place for history lovers.

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