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    TripAdvisor Deleted Reviews Warning Of Rape, Assault, Users Tell 'Journal Sentinel'

    More than a dozen tourists have told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that posts about attacks at Mexican resorts were deleted. In one case, warnings about the same resort — years apart — were pulled.
    by Camila Domonoske Nov 02, 2017 3 minutes
    Tourists enjoy the beach in Tulum National Park in Mexico's Riviera Maya region. Some travelers have raised concerns about safety at some resorts in the region, including in a forum post on TripAdvisor this summer asking about blackouts and the risk of assault, rape or robbery. / DANIEL SLIM / Getty Images

    Updated at 2:15 p.m. ET

    More than a dozen tourists say that TripAdvisor, a popular travel review site, deleted their attempts to post descriptions of rapes, assaults and unexpected blackouts they experienced at Mexican resorts, according to reporting by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

    The newspaper has been doing on alcohol-related safety issues at Mexican resorts. Now the reports that travelers who attempted to warn other tourists about the dangers were

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