Mexico's showy justice system

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One of the tasteless spectacles of Mexico's justice system is its protocol for parading arrested people. Suspects, known cartel heads, bar fights...it doesn't matter. Police handcuff the individual to the back of the pick-up truck and/or actually places the arrested person(s) before the media. The juicier the supposed infraction, the more wattage the press conference.

They love to broadcast shame and cast stones. Very little is worth doing if the equation isn't zero-sum; put another way, if the other person isn't humiliated then what have I gained? According to a recent AP news article, Mexico justice means catch and release, this showy feature is more important and a bigger fixture to Mexico's justice system than the more important element of  prosecution. Which just goes to prove nothing outdoes Mexico's number one attribute: corruption.


Say, "Queso!"