• flatpandisk@lemm.ee
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      Gotta provide some details for us non Mexican folks.

      They look like they are part of the federal government?

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        It is common for either:

        A - cartel to dress up to look like police men (commonly recognized through wearing masks over face)

        B - police men to be in cahoots with cartel (iirc this is becoming less and less common)

        • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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          Also actual cops, like uninformed police officers who pull you over, will rob you. My friend got caught with some weed over there and while he was handcuffed they tried to get his wallet several times. He finally convinced them he’d give them some money if they uncuffed him and he gave them half of what he had. He said they would have taken all of it if they were able to get his wallet without having to beat him.

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              He’d lift his butt cheek to one side and when they walked over to the other side of the police car he’d switch sides. They were all giggling and finally he said, “I’ll tell you what, muchacho, you take these cuffs off and I’ll give you half my money.”

              (Read the next line with your inner Forrest Gump) And wouldn’t you know it? It worked.

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          There are autodefensas that dress up and have assault rifles, too. Probably not these guys though.

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          Thus, plus the random terf fighting in blatantly tourist areas makes me really not want to go there, even to the “safe” afeas

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        normally the cartel dresses like the military or the* police, one big give away is that the cartel uses tennis instead of boots and act mostly like kids LARPing