Weekly Report - 12 November 2009 (WR-09-45)

The chattering classes may be appalled by the idea that a lot of their fellow citizens believe that crime has got so out of control that vigilante groups are now the only answer, but there is growing evidence that this becoming the true mood of the country. Five unrelated events this week show that Mexico is in danger of abandoning a core principle of civilised life: that the end does not justify the means.