translated from Spanish: Profeco detects rent on chairs during parade

Mazatlan, Sinaloa.- The Federal Consumer Attorney’s Office in the State noted that there were hundreds of cases of people who tried to hoard spaces for the rental of chairs during the first carnival parade. In addition, traders who were not visible were found to list prices and possible cases of hoteliers who did not honor booking contracts.

The director of The Office of Profeco, Miguel Angel Murillo Sánchez, explained that during the inspection, some people approached them to express their dissatisfaction with regard to high rental prices for the chairs. However, it was thanks to the participation of the competent municipal areas that the opportunists were withdrawn, at the same time that some of the attendees could be given a space that wanted to see the parade so that they could be placed without problem. He lamented that despite awareness campaigns, there are still people looking to do business with hoarding carnival venues, and leaving others without the right to have a place to stand. Opportunist retreat allowed at least 50 families to settle in the locations for free. Other cases
During Sunday, a tour of the carnival strip was made, where 450 cherries were placed (accessory to show prices) to the different shops, both traveling and formal, that lacked sight prices. He also noted that there were two cases of tourists filing a complaint due to irregularities in their hotel reservations indicating sea view and were given another room. The inspection of profeco will continue during this last carnival holiday and the attention modules will be re-installed during the parade to address the complaints. 

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