Uniformed police just stopped me and told me its illegal to vape in the city of Mexico and they’re arresting me and taking me to jail. “A car is coming right now to take you to jail” (lol)
When I asked wtf they told me I could pay a 10,000mx fine instead.
Luckily Im not a weak person and didnt accept that. A man who Im assuming was local butted in and asked in english what was going on. I told him they’re taking me to jail for vaping and he was like “what? Thats legal? You’re good”
And then the cops magically just let me go.
These are real uniformed “tourist police” (I made a traffic cop verify they were real cops) on the plaza of one of the most important attractions in the city.
Just a note for others that if you’re patient, keep your cool, and stand your ground you can probably tell them to fuck off instead of complying with their disgusting corrupt scam for a bribe.
Edit: did not make this clear: no contest on vaping being illegal. The cop literally pulled up the law to show me. Now that I know Im not going to!