Mexico Today

The photograph was splashed on the front page of the country’s national newspaper, a classic image of modern kidnappings: a wealthy businessman or politician, with downcast eyes still seemingly in shock and the face of resigned defeat, holding up the front page of yesterday’s edition of the national newspaper.  If one looked closely at the newspaper in the victim’s hands, one saw that the picture on the front page of yesterday’s newspaper was also that of a wealthy businessman or politician holding up the front page of the day before yesterday’s edition of that same national newspaper.  They were essentially the same picture, but with a different resigned face on the victim.  The picture on the front page of the day before yesterday’s paper was of a third victim, holding up a newspaper from three days ago.  The newspaper from three days ago had a man holding up the paper from four days ago.  And so on and so forth, so that by looking at today’s front page one was also looking at all the front pages in the country’s history, the same way you see your own image multiplied to infinity when you stand between two mirrors.