Responding to the Crisis

Truly distraught about the alarming nexus between beauty pageants and drug lords, Mexico's deputies are considering legislation to protect the contests from the malign infiltration of cartel henchmen. No one wants to see another beauty queen running around with bad guys. Except, of course, for the newspapers, which can't stop writing about Zúñiga. And the gossip shows. And the comedians. And, of course, the drug lords.