My Dad spoke fluent Spanish, was married to a Mexican woman, owned land in Mexico, etc.
He referred to the crooked cops in Mexico as "La Mordidita", or translated, "The Bite".
He explained that many of the cops in Mexico, at least back then, were not paid by the government, and lived off of the "fines" they could assess off of mostly tourists.
I've spent a lot of time in Mexico, and never had any problems, because we never broke the rules, always showed respect, and didn't go places we didn't belong.
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