15th Oct 2002

Giuliani and a Posse of Cowboys to Fight Crime in Mexico

Former NYC mayor Rudolph Giuliani has been hired by Mexico City to help bring down its crime rate (Guardian story). The NPR piece I heard on this ended with a totally bizarre comment I don’t see picked up elsewhere: that another Mexico City crime fighting tactic is police dressed as Old West sherrifs, “to help make tourists feel more comfortable.”


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