December 22, 2004
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MEXICO CITY – Alarmed by glimpses of sweaty citizens in the buff, the city council in the southeastern city of Villahermosa has adopted a law banning indoor nudity, officials confirmed Wednesday.
The regulation, which takes effect on Jan. 1, calls for as much as 36 hours in jail or a fine of 1,356 pesos ($121) for offenders in the Tabasco state capital, 410 miles east of Mexico City.
“We are talking about zero tolerance … for a lack of morality,” said city councilwoman Blanca Estela Pulido of the Revolutionary Institutional Party, which governs the state and city.
“The majority of houses have a lot of ventilation, and we give ourselves the luxury of going naked,” Pulido said. “Because we walk past the windows, you see a lot of things.”
