Mugshots

[bixaorellana]

I was zipping through the downtown market Tuesday and almost passed this jewel of a poster. Luckily, I backed up and took notice, as this bears sharing.

Let's see what mugshots and wanted posters look like where you all live, please, plus any particularly good stuff you might find on the internet.

This is not printed on paper, rather on quite thick, good-quality plastic.

"Cuidado" means be careful. At the bottom you're given the number where you can report these miscreants.


Here we can see the list of their specialties better. In order: muggers; package snatchers; chain [jewelry] snatchers; um, I think this means people who steal from showcases; and pickpockets (cartera = wallet)
Hey lady, are you sure you want to be in this picture?


Let's take a closer look. Nicknames are very big here. Some of these might be the way these people are referred to on the street, & some may have been put by the police. (Don Cuevas, feel free to jump in with translations, please!)

Left to right: Eybrows; Guy from Zaachila; The Coconut (coco can also mean head); Grandpa;
Paddy Wagon (?); Cantinflas (probably for his mustache); Handsome; Dolly

Gawd, they all look guilty as sin!

The Loner; The Serrana's Grandson -- "Serrana" could either mean someone from the mountains or an attractive woman. You'll see that several of these characters are related to the Serrana in some way.
The Northerner; Don't know chupitos -- could be a kind of candy.


The Dark One; Hair; Big Nose; Mr. Sam; The Serrana
Fatty; She-Devil; The Witch; Knife Grinder
Pineapple; either means the peppers or people from Puebla; ditto; Joker


Wake [as of a boat]; The Serrana's Daughter; Fatty; She-Devil
Miz Pearl; The Serrana's Daughter; Pineapple; Poblanos

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If we want to become Mexican criminals, we all have to get a nickname then?

[mich64]

I do not want to be a criminal, but I do have a nickname, it is Moose. ;D
Mich

[bixaorellana]

Jun 4, 2011 4:48:11 GMT kerouac2 said:

If we want to become Mexican criminals, we all have to get a nickname then?

Either that, or just let one become attached to you after you've started your criminal career. I'm suggesting to you now that you work on something that will get you called "El Mero Mero".

Jun 5, 2011 0:54:52 GMT mich64 said:

I do not want to be a criminal, but I do have a nickname, it is Moose.
Mich

Ha! Didn't you say you used to be a gymnast? I suppose you are a very petite person, right?

[mich64]

Yes Bixa I was a tiny little gymnast when I got this nickname, from my next door neighbour, now my brother-in-law. I was an athletic child, I was always outside, so if the kids were playing soccer, I played soccer, if they played football, I played football. So my neighbour used to tease me because I could throw a football as well as the boys and started calling me moose or moosey, to this day.

What nickname would you want to be called in our little band of banditos?

Cheers,
Mich

[bixaorellana]

Love it, Mich! Mich is prettier, but Moosey is rather adorable, in its way.

Hmmm. If I were a criminal .......... Um ...... Okay "La Incapturable" would be good!

You?

[bjd]

Oh, I think "la brujita" is rather good -- at least if you get away with your crimes.

Actually, I don't think I have ever seen a wanted poster here in France. Only pictures of missing people.

[hwinpp]

You can all call me El Loco from now on. Though El Brujo also sounds dangerous...

I've never seen any 'wanted' posters here. Except for at the immigration posts at the borders and at the airport. But there they're usually searching for Westerners.

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I think there used to be some wanted posters inside French police stations, but not in the public areas. I presume that now they would be using some sort of secure internet site for that sort of thing.