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Regarding corruption, bear in mind that it depends who's the person getting busted, and what for. A citizen that runs a red light, after haggling for a while might get to go after giving about 100-400 pesos; take into account the type of car you have (better car, better bribe) and what you were doing.
Also depends where you were, in the capital you might get stopped at a few times for the same thing, at which point it would be just easier to pay the fine, which are not that high anyways(compared to more developed countries).
On higher levels of corruption check into FOBAPROA (a type of financial rescue); also, there's a "tradition" where the outgoing president takes some souvenirs with him, most of the time a few million dollars, more famously done by Carlos Salinas, who also has ties with organized crime, his brother is in jail and another one was found dead in a car; plus his victory in the elections is widely disputed.
Regarding the police, there have been several situation where half the police is fired because of crackdowns on corruption, or they have been stripped of their guns for periods of time; also near recently the military and other agencies have started to patrol the city, apart from the police. It's not uncommon to see pick ups full of masked officers with assault rifles or a convoy of Humvees passing through.
That's all I can think for now (not for lack of more, just lack of sleep), hope it helps. I'm a Mexican citizen by the way.
Pic related to my city.
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