10-31-2006, 01:16 AM
Quote:From what I can tell of the present day, the implementation of law and order in Mexico relies heavily on the honesty and disposition of the local authorities. The further you get from regional capitals the weaker their "justice" system becomes, and in the most remote places graft and corruption are the rule not the exception. So, not much has changed since the days of Dorotheo Arango.
Although, rather hilariously, Villa was the great opponent of the corrupt political clan of Chihuahua, the Terrazas-Creels. His overthrow of the state government was not, by and large, a move towards graft and corruption, but rather away from it.
-Jester