Actually, Mexico isn't half bad, The average sort of wage thouugh is about 50 Pesos a day and there's 14 Pesos to the quid so you will understand that everybody is looking for every extra way to make a bonus whether its as your guard, washing your car or simply nicking the spare wheel out of your car! It's a great place though - providing that you have a pocket full of Pesos, an understanding of the Spanish language and understand and accept that different rules apply!!
They have a new President, Senor Fox, he seems to have made some progress with cleaning up the corruption to some degree. If he survives the bomb and the bullet, Mexico may even become a first world country within a couple of decades!!