Mexican officials have seized 10,000 gallons of alcoholic beverages from a company that makes and supplies the booze to tourist resorts.

  • Investigation prompted after 20-year-old Wisconsin woman died
  • Two bars shut down, 20 others found to have problems
  • Warning added to State Department travel site

This follows reports of tainted alcohol being sold at tourist spots.

In addition, according to Newsweek, two bars -- the Fat Tuesday in Cancún, and the bar in the lobby of Playa del Carmen’s Hotel Iberostar Paraíso Maya -- were temporarily shut down after authorities found they did not comply with health and safety requirements or label their alcoholic beverages properly.

Twenty more bars and hotels in Playa del Carmen and Cancún -- including one of the Hooters bar branches in the latter town -- were found to have insufficient maintenance, cleanliness and documentations.

The investigation was prompted after the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported about travelers becoming sick after drinking alcohol at Mexican resorts. In January, a 20-year-old Wisconsin woman vacationing in Mexico with her family died after she was pulled from a resort pool.

The State Department added the warning to its travel site for Mexico at the end of July, advising tourists to drink in moderation and seek medical attention if they begin to feel ill.