Dirty rats…

Rat abatement continues…

This photo, from la Prensa, accompanied a story on a couple of foot patrolmen who arrested two “ratas” (the word used by la Prensa) who’d been robbing — and beating up — women vendors in the Centro Historico. Score one for the solidarity of the mercantile class… the patrolmen did their best to keep the two from being too bruised and battered before turning them over to the Ministerio Publico.

Not so lucky was this rata… found in Ecatepec, State of Mexico, with his eyes duct-taped over, signs of a beating and a couple of bullets in him, including one to the head. A note pinned to the corpse said: “Hello, friendly passers-by. This is a little reminder of what happens to kidnappers, thieves and other rats in the State of Mexico…”

Eeewww…   This is very rough justice indeed… but whether “honest vigilantes” or rival gangsters were responsible isn’t known.  I suppose there will be some kind of police investigation, but I doubt it’ll be very thorough.  Even with a reformed criminal justice system, there are always going to be those impatient with the procedure.