Why Get a Driver's Licence in Zihua?

Rule #1, If your driving in Mexico and you get pulled over, Never give them your USA / Canada Drivers License. This is when it is better to have a Mexican Drivers License. Why, Trip to the police station and who has your license? They do and you want it back. How much are you going to pay? They know you will pay more for your US or Canada License than you will for the Mexican License.

Actually, if they take it and you have to recover it at the station then you've called their bluff and you'll only pay the standard fine, if any. It's only on the street where they can extort you, not at the station where their supervisors are and everyone is under scrutiny.