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Their desire to get married threw Mexican bureaucracy into a mild flutter; there seemed to be no precedents for or against it. Finally the warden gave his consent, and the judge agreed to perform the ceremony. Ending it last week, he read the traditional civil marriage declaration: "Both should study the mutual correction of their defects so that their children will find them a good example and a model of behavior." Then Maria gave El Sapo a kiss that left his face smeared with lipstick, and they went off to enjoy the warden's wedding present—a two-day honeymoon in El Sapo's cell.