Ref. : RIVA-PYMARZIN-CRAC-044168

Title : Honest heroes make up an indigenous police force

Caption : 13-06-2012. Guerrero, Mexico.
Community of Buena Vista. The municipal "comisario" plays a key role in the indigenous system of customs and traditions. He is the equivalent of a mayor, elected for a non-renewable one-year term by the village assembly. The people choose him as best suited to maintaining harmony in the community. He is the first person that the community police speak to about disputes and other problems because he is supposed to know the locals the best. On the wall are major figures from Mexican history. Christopher Columbus features alongside the heroes of independence and revolution of 1910.

© Pierre-Yves MARZIN/RIVA PRESS

Photographer : Pierre-Yves Marzin

Date created : 13-06-2012

City : Buena Vista

Region : Guerrero

Country : Mexico

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