New York Times article.....US State Dept warning

We are here now first visit in 10 years. It’s cleaner more vibrant prettier than 10 years ago. Local told us they have the Marines here and we did see them last night patrolling the town. Which was packed with maybe 100 restaurants teaming with primarily But not only Mexican tourists. Peaceful calm wonderful.

One alarming thing was a big stinky dump. Came out of that creek on la Ropa Beach where the alligator lives.
It’s not very bad, but couldn’t tell if it was super coon lagoon, overflow or sewage. Anybody know?

No alligators here, only crocodiles.

Unfortunately, what used to be a large and quite beautiful lagoon and wetland area has been filled in and invaded by one construction after another until almost nothing is left, all permitted by shortsighted municipal politicians. And then to make matters worse, the barely functioning woefully inadequate wastewater treatment plant in La Ropa discharges its "gray water" into what remains of the lagoon. Lagoons and estuaries tend to emit odors anyway that some people find unpleasant due to decaying biological material in them, mostly leaves, but the addition of the wastewater discharge doesn't help. We have a similar problem with Laguna Las Salinas in downtown Zihuatanejo. I don't expect the problem to be attended to by the current municipal administration, but they could surprise me, and I wish they would.