Non-violent attempts to escape Mexican prisons are not punished because “it’s human nature to want freedom.”
100 Mind-Blowing Mexican Facts
Mexican prisons do not punish you for non-violent attempts to escape. This is because it is part of human nature to want freedom, and therefore is not seen as a crime. However, factors such as property damage and violence will cause prison guards to practice the necessary punishments.
Antonio López de Santa Anna held a state funeral for his leg after it was amputated. After being injured in battle, Mexican general Antonio López de Santa Anna buried his amputated leg with full military honours. Before you go all the WTF facts on us: It was a part of him, guys.
Mexico’s presidential palace is 14 times larger than the White House and started allowing visitors for the first time in 2018. From 1935 to 2018, the Los Pinos presidential palace was the official place of residence for Mexico’s presidents and was closed off to any who weren’t expressly invited. This changed in 2018 when Andres Manuel López Obrador was elected the Mexican President, winning his campaign on the back of promises to fight corruption. As a gesture of goodwill, he chose not to move into the palace, instead simply living in a small apartment in Mexico City’s central district. To give you an idea of what the Mexican president gave up, the presidential palace covers 603,000 square feet (56,000 square meters).
The dollar symbol $ appeared long before the American currency and even before the United States. $ is an amalgamation of the letters Ps, short for the Mexican peso, which was heavily used in the United States before its currency. The sign became so entrenched in the United States that they continued to designate American dollars.