NYTIMES.
Cancun's sand has been shrinking for years, ever since Hurricane Wilma struck the Yucatán Peninsula four years ago and even though the Mexican government has spent millions of dollars to replenish the beaches.
Now some hotel owners are taking it into their own hands... and stealing sand for their beaches.
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