Los Cabos will activate a coordinated Holy Week security operation from March 30 through April 5, deploying enhanced police, emergency, and civil protection resources across the municipality’s tourist zones and residential areas. Mayor Christian Agúndez Gómez announced the plan, which includes surveillance teams, weather monitoring stations, and guaranteed public service continuity during the peak travel week.
47 Beach Access Points Rehabilitated Before Semana Santa
Ahead of the operation, the municipality completed rehabilitation of 47 beach access points. Thirty-nine of those are along the East Cape corridor, between San José del Cabo and the communities stretching toward Los Barriles. The remaining eight are on the Pacific side, closer to Cabo San Lucas and Todos Santos.
The restored access points serve a dual purpose: easier public entry to shoreline areas and faster emergency vehicle response when incidents occur on the sand. Police units on motorcycles, ATVs, and UTVs will patrol beaches and pedestrian boardwalks that standard patrol cars cannot reach.
Three Levels of Government Coordinate on Safety
Municipal officials cited the recent Fiestas de San José, which drew roughly 250,000 attendees to San José del Cabo in mid-March, as proof that the three-level government coordination model (federal, state, and municipal) works. That event concluded with no major security incidents, and authorities aim to replicate that outcome during Semana Santa.
Last year’s Holy Week operation in Los Cabos, called Semana Santa Segura 2025, involved more than 1,700 personnel and 250 vehicles covering 65 beaches across 190 kilometers of coastline. Francisco Cota Márquez, municipal director of civil protection, oversaw that effort and is coordinating the 2026 operation as well. The 2025 plan included seven highway surveillance stations and eight beach first-aid posts staffed by 36 agencies.
In 2025, an estimated 113,000 visitors used Los Cabos beaches during Holy Week alone, while about 94,000 tourists checked into hotels across all of Baja California Sur. The domestic-to-international tourism ratio during Semana Santa typically shifts to roughly 60% international and 40% domestic, according to the Los Cabos Hotel Association.
Baja California Sur does not enforce Ley Seca (dry law) alcohol restrictions during Semana Santa, so bars, restaurants, and stores in Los Cabos will sell alcohol as normal through Good Friday on April 3 and the rest of the holiday week. The operation runs through April 5, after which municipal services return to standard schedules, according to the Los Cabos municipal government.