El Túnel… Mexican justice (reform)
At times the Mexican justice system seems to owe more by Franz Kafka than Napoleon Bonaparte or Benito Juarez. There is nothing inherently wrong with the legal theory, but the delivery leaves a lot to be desired.
This amazing short (just under 20 minutes) documentary was produced by Roberto Hernadez for CIDE (
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas) in 2006. Since then, oral trials (such as those in Chile) have been introduced, at least in Federal Courts, and in some states, but it is going to take time to implement them throughout the system. Prison and police reforms are going to take more time — and money.
It’s interesting that while in the United States, many are complaining that prisoners might actually get a trial after waiting only five years, in Mexico, the complaint is that trials take so damn long. My fear is that the “war on drugs” and putting the Army in charge of prosecuting this war short-circuits an already troubled justice system, and will delay the necessary reforms.
(Sombrero tip to El Sentir de Coahuila)
mexfiles.net 
Does anyone know why this video is no longer available, or have any guesses. This is the same day that the link was posted on MexFiles.
Never mind, now it’s back again. Guess it was just a hiccup.