Alcohol...the Issue Above All Else?
          Priests, Lieutenants, Police. Rumors, Laws, Accusations, Hostages. If you haven't heard of any of these things happening throughout Mexico or even personally witnessed it in action, you have to be living under a rock or be blissfully ignorant. Everyone bemoans the prohibition of Catholicism and limitation on one's personal rights, but can alcohol, a seemingly irrelevant, small ban, be, in fact, a chief concern?
         Take the whiskey priest, for example. This man is puzzling, to be plain and simple. Always on the run, forever bound to a religion that according to himself, is unable to escape. Alcohol is a crippling, even debilitating crutch for him to lean on when  things become especially stressful. Sources in Mexico's capital city even confirmed the whiskey priest's stay several days ago as he drank heavily with an unidentified gentlemen, the governor's cousin, and the jefe. After one too many glasses of wine, the whiskey priest was seen to be stumbling about the streets, only to be chased down by group of men, some of which included the police, who promptly arrested him for the possession of alcohol. There was no comment at that time from the chief police as to when the man would be released from jail; some say that the police were oblivious to the fact that the infamous priest they are looking so hard for was sitting squarely in front of them.
         Several days later, the whiskey priest was surprisingly let go from jail. No one had a clue as to where this man was headed next; he never stays long enough anywhere to be recognized or to establish allies. Honestly, I think this priest's drinking problem will get him in bigger trouble than his actual career-I mean, hasn't it already?! This man's been arrested for alcohol usage instead of being recognized for his infamy. And also, many wonder how will he keep going? At this stage of being on the run, most likely the priest has no money or resources.
         Only time will tell how much longer the priest and his beloved whiskey will survive when the odds are not stacked in his favor at all.