In November 2020, Pedro Sánchez Rodríguez published a column in La Razón titled “Legalidades paralelas” (Parallel legalities). He wrote that Mexico “es un país de leyes y códigos que, por lo regular, no se cumplen” (is a country of laws and codes that, as a rule, are not complied with). What legal purists would call corruption and impunity, he argued, is a parallel legality.