Thursday 26 June 2008

Quaint Old Beliefs of Mexico, Part 1: Police Accountability

Commander Guillermo Zayas, the police chief in charge of a botched nightclub raid in Mexico City which resulted in a deadly stampede, is to be charged with twelve counts of homicide for not ordering his officers to unblock the exits, says the city’s chief prosecutor.

“We are just a poor, simple Latin American country, seƱor,” explained Rodolfo Felix apologetically, from the back of a donkey. ”Would you credit it, some of our people still believe the police are answerable for their actions! Is crazy, no? Nonetheless, that is our custom.”

“You English, you must find our ways very primitive,” he added, before sitting down in the shade of an adobe wall, adjusting his sombrero and taking a siesta.

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