Show thieves amateurs in mexico the typical mexican home built with stout walls flush to the street and iron barred windows serves a functional purpose as well as carrying out the architectural traditions of the spanish conquerors in the early days each home was its own fortress there were few police even today the tradition of the impregnability of the mexican home still holds and in large cities such as monterey with a population of there are but 30 or 40 police several of those being in charge of traffic yet robberies are very infrequent and even when they occur do not amount to much in mexico city bullion is transferred from bank to bank by simple messengers armored cars have never been necessary and probably never will be unless enterprising foreign gangsters decide to try organizing in mexico in mexico robbery is still just a small crime perpetrated occasionally by thieves so inexpert as to be apprehended almost at once another advantage of the typical mexican home is its being almost fireproof tor for practically no wood nor other inflammable goes into its construction this Is another reason tor for the persistence of the style through centuries of living |