Wednesday, May 18, 2005

I don't think I saw this on CNN

Bogus mariachi bands rob music-lovers

By Catherine Bremer
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - In the latest crime ruse to hit Mexico City, thieves are dressing up as mariachi musicians in embroidered suits with wide-brimmed somberros to rob unsuspecting music-lovers.

Mingling among the roughly 1,700 licensed mariachi who serenade people with raucous folk songs in a central city square are hundreds of "pirate" mariachi more adept at picking pockets than strumming guitars, city officials sayMore

And I thought just haveing to listen to it was a crime

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