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Mexican City Decriminalizes Public Sex — To Stop Police Extortion

"Expressions of affection, kissing, hugging in a public place are neither crimes nor offenses," said the Guadalajara council member who proposed the successful measure.
Guadalajara approved legislation that allows sexual relations to take place in public. Its supporters say the measure will prompt the police to put more attention on combating crime.

Mexico's second-largest city has passed a measure to decriminalize sexual relations in public — a tactic meant to shift the attention of police toward serious crime.

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