What is the name of the place where drunk drivers end up when the police catch…
“El Torito” is the popular name of the Centro de Sanciones Administrativas y de Integración Social in Mexico City. Drivers who fail a breathalyzer test at the city’s “alcoholímetro” checkpoints are taken there to serve an administrative arrest of roughly 20 to 36 hours.
It is not a prison for criminal offenses but a detention center for administrative sanctions, and it has become a fixture of Mexico City slang and popular culture.