Posted on 09/22/2017 5:12:20 AM PDT by Oratam
First thing that crossed my mind...
The Mexicans may have gotten the idea from this film.
Ace in the Hole starring Kirk Douglas as a cynical, disgraced reporter who stops at nothing to try to regain a job on a major newspaper.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_in_the_Hole_(1951_film)
Charles Tatum, a down-on-his-luck reporter, takes a job with a small New Mexico newspaper. The job is pretty boring until he finds a man trapped in an old Indian dwelling. He jumps at the chance to make a name for himself by taking over and prolonging the rescue effort, and feeding stories to major newspapers. He creates a national media sensation and milks it for all it is worth - until things go terribly wrong
Countless Mexicans under rubble and they have to make one up??
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