The speaker, a Mexican, recounts an interview he had with a Spanish journalist, Jordi Batalla, in Paris. The speaker appreciated the journalist's preparation and knowledge of his work. During the interview, Jordi expressed sympathy and outrage that the speaker had been robbed in Germany, which the speaker found surprising, as he had also been robbed in Mexico City the previous year. The speaker shares the story of the robbery in Mexico City, where he was held up at gunpoint by two assailants. He describes the experience and the aftermath, including filing a police report and struggling to describe the assailant without being racist. Throughout the conversation, the speaker pokes fun at himself and the situation, using humor to cope with the traumatic experience.
Here are the key facts from the text:
1. The narrator was interviewed by a Spanish man named Jordi Batalla in Paris.
2. Jordi Batalla was impressed that the narrator knew who he was, unlike many other interviewers.
3. The narrator was robbed in Germany, and Jordi Batalla found it shameful that it happened in European territory.
4. Mexicans do not have continental pride like Europeans, South Americans, Africans, or Asians.
5. The narrator was robbed at gunpoint in Mexico City the previous year.
6. The narrator was with his friend Braden Andrade and a driver at a gas station when they were robbed.
7. Two men on a motorcycle arrived, and one of them got off and slapped the driver.
8. The narrator was pointed at with a gun and told to shut up.
9. The assault lasted 23 seconds, but the narrator thought it was longer.
10. The television stations covered the story of the assault, and it was trending on Twitter.
11. The narrator saw the video of the assault on TV and was surprised by how short it was.
12. The narrator went to the police station to file a complaint and describe the assailant.
13. The assailant was a young man between 25 and 30 years old, short, dark, with shaved sides and raised hair in the center.