MEXICO. Mexico City. April, 2000.
Alamo team agents search an apartment in downtown Mexico City.
Four years ago, the Alamo, a special anti-crime unit, modeled after the American elite SWAT teams, was launched in Mexico City.
Their methods are often controversial and some groups point to violations of Human Rights. Indeed, the group's interventions can often be brutal and it can act without a rogatory commission. The members of the team defend themselves by underlining the efficiency of their work, and most of all, their integrity at a time when the majority of Mexico's police has fallen into corruption.