Mexican city allows sex in public as long as no one complains about it

Lawmakers hope change will let police focus on fighting more serious crimes

Mexico's Guadalajara has passed legislation allowing public sex and exhibitionism with a caveat that no one complains about it, according to The Independent.

The move aims to prevent local police in the city which holds over 1.5 million people, from extorting couples who “give their love” to each other in public, a councillor who presented the initiative was quoted as saying.

The city council last week pushed through the reform, which now states, “Having sexual relations or committing acts of exhibitionism of a sexual nature in public places, vacant lots, inside vehicles or in private locations in public view will be considered administrative offences, as long as a citizen requests police intervention".



Guadalupe Morfin Otero, the politician who proposed the change, cited a survey among university students in which 90 per cent said they had experienced extortion by officers who accused them of immoral acts or exhibitionism.

Lawmakers hope the change will allow police to focus on fighting more serious crimes, according to a local newspaper.

The article originally appeared in The Independent