The tragedy of Iván Morales, a Mexican national hero and victim of the cartels’ vengeance

The tragedy of Iván Morales, a Mexican national hero and victim of the cartels’ vengeance

The Mexican political elite lined up, with then-president Enrique Peña Nieto in the middle, applauding with solemn gestures as a police officer in full dress uniform, his face deformed by fire, advanced toward them. Upon reaching Peña Nieto, the officer stopped, shook the leader’s hand, and received a commemorative badge. On that December day in 2015, a former non-commissioned officer of the now-defunct Federal Police, Iván Morales Corrales, was…