“What do you think about before you go on a raid?” the slim, beautiful wife asks the handsome Mexican federal police officer after he’s just busted 23 tons of cocaine. “That they don’t kill me,” the dashing federal replies as emotional music kicks in. “That I don’t kill someone who doesn’t deserve to die. And lately, that nothing happens to you.” The couple embraces and stare love-locked into each other’s eyes.
Such is the noble if stilted dialogue in Mexico’s new prime-time soap opera, El Equipo (The Team) which portrays courageous federales dodging bullets, buzzing around in helicopters and outwitting evil drug traffickers. Produced by the world’s largest Spanish-language broadcaster, Mexico Citybased Televisa, El Equipo has sparked debate, controversy and a little mirth since it hit the small screen this week. Its makers say it’s right to paint Mexico’s federal police as heroes risking their lives fighting vicious narcos who are armed with rocket-propelled grenades, assault rifles and, most recently, homemade tanks. If the U.S. can glorify its police – think of cop dramas from The F.B.I. to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – then why, they ask, can’t Mexico burnish the image of its officers, who are often depicted
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