now that been some postings of a lot of crap up there.
Yes, to search your house or your Car the Cops need a warrant, OR the "Suspicion of a big Case", one or the other is always available if they want it, so forget about that crap.
if stopped by a simple PN uniform he want's 100 pesos for dinner,
you can be nice and give it to him, or you can deny and get into the trouble of stupids.
if stopped at a Roadblock where they search for firearms and drugs and stolen vehicles, it is usually done for all 3 of them at the same roadblocks, then the Squad of that Roadblock has already a warrant signed by a Judge in hands, because they start those numerous blocks on "orden del juez", always/mostly, lol.
we have 3-5 per week in the wide PC area since a long time, they are easy to pass when you have all your papers up to date and ready, if some papers(cedula/residency/Gun Permit/Drivers license/Car Insurance/Revista/Placa etc etc) are not up to date in orden, then you are rightfully in to trouble even for things which have their papers ready.
a simple example:
your Cedula expired Yesterday,
that means Your "up to Date" Gun Permit, Drivers License and Car Insurance is NULL Today, and they have all rights of the world to take them away from the stupid.
you get stopped somewhere in the middle of nowhere by Cops who plant some kinda Drugs under your Carseat and by coincedence 'somebody' unknown films the whole scene from the other side of the road and then runs from the Cops quicker than they can chase him down??
Hey Kid,
wake Up and think about better stories.
the Clown Bin on the DR1 Bord has better jokes to offer.
cheers
Mike