The highwaymen

While the Army is out hunting narcos and gunrunners, one wonders what the traffic cops are up to.

They flop at maintaining safety on the highways, which are littered with crosses and memorials to the dead.

Not only are they lame at halting highway mayhem, they often can´t even keep the roads open.

If some disgruntled group, peones or students, wants to make a point, a favored method is to blockade a street or highway. This can last for hours and serves absolutely no valuable purpose.

The police often don´t even bother to show up. And when they do, they watch. Nothing more. The federal highway patrol is particularly guilty of this.

My lovely wife tells me this is how Democracy is understood here. Individual freedom! Alas, this means a minority can oppress the majority, which is the way things have been here for centuries.