Justicia!

More enlightened than her governmentAN UNUSUAL cry has rung out in recent weeks at football matches, rock concerts and protest marches in Mexico. Crowds of people chant in unison the numbers from one to 43, representing each of the students who disappeared in September in the south-western state of Guerrero. They end with a shout: 'Justicia!'They are not merely demanding justice for the missing 43, who the government claims were massacred by municipal authorities and drug-traffickers. The cry also appears to reflect an exhaustion of patience with a system'political, economic and legal'that exempts from the rule of law those who can buy or bargain their way around it, such as corrupt politicians, privileged businessmen and narcos.The call unites left and right, though no political party has seized upon it. 'We haven't had this sort of demand since the [1910-17] revolution,' says Sabino Bastidas, a political analyst. 'It's no longer for democracy or security. The biggest inequality in Mexico is in the justice system.'President Enrique Pea Nieto responded to the clamour on December...Continue reading
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