Miguel Cortés, the “Mexican Dahmer” opens another chapter in the history of Mexican serial killers

Throughout history it has been the red note press which has accounted for the atrocious crimes that men and women have committed in Mexicodespite the fact that the term of ‘serial killer’ It is something that is generally associated with fiction and other countries, the Mexican reality He has had dark passages in this regard.

The issue becomes relevant due to the recent arrest of Miguel Cortesand pharmacobiologist chemist already nicknamed as the “Mexican Dahmer”, who sexually abused and murdered María José, a 17-year-old woman; After a search of her apartment, they found human remainssurgical material, saw-type tools and multiple identifications, elements that place him as a possible serial killer.

Here is a list of the most famous cases of people who went to the red history of Mexico for his crimes:

“The Vest”

Perhaps the first case is that of “The Vest”, at least there is a record of it. This man he killed 20 women between 1880 and 1888all of them dedicated to sex services and whom he beat, strangled and beheaded in areas of the center of the Mexico City.

Given his ‘modus operandi’, he was compared to “Jack the Ripper” because they were contemporaries, despite being almost illiterate, he acted very politely with women to gain their trust.

His nickname came from his style of dress, as they say that I used to wear tight pants, girdles and a vest. The police arrested him on February 13, 1888, following being reported by the neighbors of one of his victims.

Although at first it was sentenced to deathlater the President Porfirio Díaz revoked his sentence and ordered a sentence of 20 years in prison in San Juan de Ulúa, Veracruzfrom where he was released by mistake in 1904. Upon leaving prison he had one last victim, Antonia, an elderly woman whom he raped, beat and slit her throat.

Due to the investigative work of a reporter who compared the murder to those that occurred years ago, “El Chalequero” returned to prison in 1908. This time to Lecumberri, where he was sentenced to death in 1910 at the age of 70.

Goyo, “The Tacuba Strangler”

Known as “The Tacuba Strangler”, he committed his crimes between August and September 1942. His victims were a classmate studying chemical sciences and three sex workers.

If you know that He had sexual relations with them and then hanged them and buried them in the garden of his house.. In 1942 he confessed to his crimes following his mother committed him to a mental hospital.

Once imprisoned in Lecumberri, Goyo was a unique character in prison: he attended psychiatry classes, received family visits, maintained relationships with the nurses and even had permission to go out whenever he wanted. He obtained his freedom in 1976 through a pardon from then-president Luis Echeverría. and that year, the Chamber of Deputies He paid tribute to him for being an example of social rehabilitation, since he learned the Penal Code and became a lawyer for other inmates.

The González Valenzuela sisters “Las Poquianchis”

A María Luisa, Delfina, María de Jesús and Carmen González Valenzuela were attributed the death of at least 150 peoplemostly women who worked in their brothels.

Originating from El Salto, Jaliscothe González Valenzuela sisters suffered from domestic violence in his infancy. However, upon the death of his parents, they received a modest inheritance that they used to open a brothel.

They gained fame for their bar in San Francisco del Rincón, Guanajuatowhere they called them “The Poquianchis”. They recruited women by trickery and forced them into prostitution. On January 6, 1964, they were arrested following one of their victims escaped and reported them. The authorities found a small cemetery where it was presumed that many of the victims were buried alive.

“La Mataviejitas”

Juana Barraza Samperio was also known as “The lady of silence“Due to her time in wrestling, she was found guilty of a series of robberies and murders of elderly people between 1990 and 2006. Her ‘modus operandi’ involved entering homes under the guise of a nurse and then perpetrating the crimes. crimes. At the moment, “La Mataviejit”, as she was named by the press at that time, is serving a 759-year prison sentence in the Santa Martha prison, where to date she pleads innocent.

“The Sadist”

On the other hand, Raúl Osiel Marroquínnicknamed “The Sadist”, carried out kidnappings and murders once morest homosexual men, whose dismembered bodies were abandoned in suitcases near the Metro Chabacano and the Asturias colony in the Mexico City.

Marroquín went to prison in January 2006; However, he has expressed that He has no regrets for what he did.who would even repeat his crimes with greater caution if he had the opportunity.

“The Cannibal of the Warrior”

José Luis Calva Zepeda, known as “The Cannibal Warrior”, was accused of the death of three women and acts of cannibalism. His arrest in October 2007 did not prevent his tragic fate, since on December 11 of that year he was found dead in his cell, the official version was that He committed suicide with a belt.

“The flirtatious”

César Armando Librado Legorreta He used his occupation to choose his victims, the public transport driver on Route 2 who was going from Chapultepec a Golden Valley He pretended that his truck was breaking down and offered to take home any woman who was willing to wait for him. When he was left alone, he raped and murdered them.

He was arrested thanks to the fact that a woman managed to escape and reported him, Librado Legorreta confessed to having raped eight women and murdered sevenfor which he is serving a sentence of 240 years in prison.

“The Cannibal of Atizapán”

The arrest of Andrés Filomeno Mendoza Celis In May 2021 he put an end to decades of impunity, since he began his criminal life in 1991, and revealed a series of crimes that shook Mexican society.

In the search of the home of “The Cannibal of Atizapán“voter credentials, women’s clothing, footwear, bags and makeup were found, and 25 video cassettes where Mendoza Celis documented his crimes over the years, elements that linked him to at least 31 femicides.