87: La Mataviejitas, Juana Barraza | Mexico

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🗓️ 8 March 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In 2005, Mexico City police were dealing with a series of unsolved murders. In each case, the victims were elderly women who lived alone. Police released information on the possible suspect: it was a tall male between 40 and 50 years of age who did not have a permanent job and relied on public transportation. Possibly a transgender person. When someone was arrested running away from a murder scene, the whole investigation was turned on its head. The prime suspect of the serial murders turned out to be a woman. 48-year-old retired Lucha Libre wrestler, Juana Barraza.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the evidence locker.
0:10.0	Our cases have been researched using open source and archive materials.
0:14.0	It deals with true crimes and real people.
0:16.0	Each episode is produced with the utmost respect to the victims, their families, and loved ones. Arena Mexico in Mexico City plays host to one of the country's most love spectacles.
0:30.0	Lucha Libre.
0:32.0	This is Mexican Masked Wrestling, a popular form of entertainment. It is
0:37.0	staged wrestling with cartoonish costumes and larger-than-life characters, or Luchaors.
0:42.0	They put up a show that is part comedy, part drama, part action, part
0:47.0	extravaganza. Fighting matches in the 1990s were much the same as they are today.
0:53.7	Before the night kicked off, dancers took to the floor to make sure the crowd's attention was
0:58.0	on the ring in the Chagutors.
1:04.0	Then the luchadors
1:06.0	then the luchadors emerged from the dressing rooms, making their way to the ring with great fanfare, using over-the-top acrobatics and shadow fighting moves.
1:21.0	The announcer blared out their names, and the beer-fueled crowd roared in approval.
1:27.3	Laddama del Salencia entered. She was wearing her trademark pink and silver striped
1:32.6	body suit with knee-high silver boots. A World Championship belt was
1:37.0	flung over her shoulder like a beauty queen sash and a butterfly mask covered her face.
1:42.0	In her fighting career she had fought legendary fighters like
1:46.4	LaParka, Latin Lover, Charlie Manson and Sacred Mask Jr. Her stature was tall and robust, a masculine build that was in stark
1:56.3	contrast to the pink and silver costume. Despite extravagant fighting
2:00.9	rituals and comedic choreography.
2:03.0	Laddama del Salencio took her role very seriously.
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