The mayor of Playa Del Carmen banned all future BPM events in the town following the shooting at the festival yesterday which left five people dead and 15 wounded. The announcement was made by Mayor Cristina Torres Gómez at a press conference yesterday. In addition, she also said she will collaborate with local politicians to reconsider the regulatory framework for these kinds of events in order to bolster security and civil protection, reports Digital Music News.
BPM's next planned event was the gay and lesbian-focused Arena Festival, set to take place in the coastal resort town from February 1–7.
The president of the business coordinating council in the local Riviera Maya district of the Yucatán Peninsula told national newspaper El Universal that the organization did not want any more electronic music festivals to be allowed at all.
"We're asking for these kinds of events to go away," she said. "We don't want BPM here anymore, or any other similar event. We don't want it and we thank the authorities who are listening."
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