jan 1, 1651 - Beginning of crime reporting in Mexico

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In the flying sheets is found the beginning of "crime" news, which at the present day plays such an important part in Mexican journalism. One especially notorious pamphlet of this nature was that issued by the widow of Calderon in 1651, containing the confession of Gabriel Marin.
In the pamphlet, the criminal confesses his offenses against society, repents of them, and asks pardon. He admits that he committed 68 robberies, with the aid of false keys and picklocks, making the owners of the stolen things suspect that the thieves had been their friends, neighbors, servants, and slaves.