Posted 31 Jul 2009 · Report post "Today we made the decision to close this stretch of ill-gotten, illegally accumulated sand," said Patricio Patron, Mexico's attorney general for environmental protection. "This hotel was telling its tourists: 'Come here, I have sand ... the other hotels don't, because I stole it.'"(I don't think they mean that the hotel that's in trouble stole sand that washed away from stretches of beach in front of other hotels.)Yahoo/AP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites