Na Na Na Tape Man, Ole!
From the darkness of the night, he strikes against no-good hoodlums. As morning arrives, the police find the criminals neatly wrapped in a package at their doorstep. The Batman of Lagos de Moreno has protected justice once again. This isn’t some DC comic spinoff. A real-life vigilante is hunting down petty criminals in the Mexican state of Jalisco. On multiple occasions, cops have found would-be motorcycle thieves tightly duct-taped to lampposts. The vehicles they’ve attempted to steal have been left conveniently nearby for easy recovery. Due to the incidents being so similar to how the famous superhero presents criminals to the police the unknown vigilante has received fitting nicknames on social media. These include the aforementioned Batman of Lagos de Moreno and the Dark Knight of Jalisco. The police are after him and treating the taped-up thieves as victims, as vigilante justice isn’t exactly playing it by the book.
The first time he struck was on June 13, 2026. On that day, locals found a man duct-taped to a lamppost, with the word “thief” written on his forehead. According to reports from local media, a motorcycle the man had allegedly attempted to steal was nearby. Since then, four additional suspected thieves have been found, similarly strapped to lampposts. In each case, the Taped Crusader left a supposedly stolen motorcycle sitting at their feet as proof of their crimes. Some of the caught thieves also had their mouths taped shut, suggesting that they may have gotten too noisy for the vigilante’s comfort. Additionally, some showed signs of physical violence. Others still had signs placed around them warning others of a similar fate if they continue on the path of crime.
However, it’s unknown whether the vigilante arrests are the work of a single Dark Knight or whether Lagos de Moreno has a whole round table of them prowling the night. Strangely, the caught motorcycle thieves have not said whether the Mexican Batman is a single person or a vigilante team. That raises multiple questions about how they were able to overpower and tape the suspected thieves to lampposts. In comic books, Batman has few friends in Gotham’s law enforcement departments (at least in the beginning of his career). It seems his counterpart south of the border is facing a similar situation. Despite the people caught supposedly being thieves, the police are not treating them as such. Instead, they’re currently treated as crime victims themselves. According to Juan Pablo Hernandez, the State of Jalisco’s secretary of public safety, the police are actively investigating the incidents and trying to locate Mexican Batman. We can only hope the situation gets resolved before anyone is seriously hurt. Oh, and that a Mexican Joker doesn’t pop up to challenge this Batman.
Batman Banter
Batman: Buys catwoman a drink.
Catwoman: Slowly knocks it off of the table.
I went to the local video shop and asked if I could borrow Batman Forever.
They said no, you’ll have to bring it back tomorrow.
What’s the first thing Batman does when he wakes up?
He goes to the Batroom.
A co-worker asked me, “If Batman, who is a regular human but with gadgets, teamed up with Superman, who has supernatural powers, and they fought against Iron Man, another regular human with gadgets, who teamed up with Thor, who has super powers… Who will be the winners?”
“Your parents when you move out.”
June 30th Birthdays
1981 – Karolina Sadalska, 1970 – Monia Potter, 1983 – Lizzie Caplan, 1986 – Victoria Crawford
1966 – Mike Tyson, 1930 – Thomas Sowell , 1952 – Brian Ogilvie, 1985 – Michael Phelps