Drug-shocked

MEXICANS like to think well of their army. True, it has only one great victory to celebrate, and that (against troops sent by Napoleon III) 135 years old. But the modern army has won most hearts. It does not conduct coups. It fights internal enemies—on the whole, ones that need to be fought and with less than the usual Latin American savagery. It does noble work rescuing people from disasters and cats from trees. It also has a rare reputation for honesty. All the more shocking has been a recent string of allegations and revelations linking the army to the drug barons.