Sunday’s New York Times featured a front-page article about a Mexican gang assassin with a photo spanning five out of six columns:

Curiously, the story immediately dived into the brutality of a gang training, including the teacher’s instantaneous murder of a student who refused to chop up a corpse.

Usually the Times like to celebrate diversity rather than explore its darker side. But perhaps in this case the editors liked the story of redemption of the assassin character, and that convinced them to overlook the nasty bits.

The uplifting aspect of the story might be heart-warming in a liberal sort of way, but Americans should remember that we live next door to some of the most savage characters on the planet while the border remains largely open.