Mexico City ? City officials moved Tuesday to shut down a U.S.-owned hotel that angered many Mexicans when it kicked out a Cuban delegation under pressure from Washington.

Virginia Jaramillo Flores, head of the city borough that’s home to the upscale Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel, said authorities notified the hotel staff that it would be closed because it is in violation of building codes.

Jaramillo said the hotel could reopen when it had corrected the violations and paid a $15,000 fine.

Jaramillo told local media she was giving the hotel 24 hours to move out guests, and that it would have to close down operations by midday today.

The expulsion of 16 Cuban oil industry officials on Feb. 2 prompted local officials to launch an intensive investigation of the hotel, which is alongside the U.S. Embassy, seeking violations of local ordinances.

The hotel’s expulsion of the Cubans, who were attending a meeting with American energy executives to discuss possible investment opportunities in Cuba’s oil industry, caused a national uproar in Mexico, which is heading into a presidential election campaign.