An AP article outlines the plan to help police in the state of Michoacan, Mexico, buy a house. They hope this will give the police a financial incentive to work hard at their job, rather than extorting people for money.
When I was in Mexico a couple of years ago, I learned that there, as well as in most of Latin America, it is impossible to get long term mortgages on homes. One would see lots of half built houses. I asked if they were abandoned, and always the answer would be "no, they are being built".
This really puzzled me until someone explained; they work on a house until they run out of money, then, when they get more money together they work on it some more.
Also, apparently there was a problem with obtaining a clean title to land in Mexico, which would be a problem to get a loan.
Anyway, this doesn't have much to do with shipping, unless your truck gets held up by the Mexican police who are looking for a payoff.
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