Anyone with a tourist visa or temporary residents’ card that does not carry the necessary authorization should avoid working for pay in Mexico, particularly if they’re engaged in erotic dancing or offering sexual services.

Immigration authorities canceled the permits held by 21 women after they were found working in a bar called La Premier Sports in Cancún, earning as much as 5,000 pesos (US $330) a day.

Aged between 20 and 43, the women were from Colombia, Venezuela and Russia. Seventeen had tourist documentation while four had temporary resident status.

Meanwhile, it turns out that sex was also on the menu at a restaurant in the State of Mexico. There were more than just tacos for sale at Flamingo in the city of Ecatepec.

Up front they were selling tacos but in the back it was sexual favors. Federal Police said they raided the taquería in the Ejidos de San Cristóbal district and freed 18 women who were allegedly being sexually exploited.

An anonymous tip revealed that customers were being invited into an area at the rear of the taco shop where a bar had been installed. Two people were arrested at the scene.

Sources: EFE (en), El Universal (sp)

This story was edited to clarify that work is permitted with a temporary residents’ card if it carries the proper authorization.