Encore - Juana Barraza: The Old Lady Killer

Killer Psyche

Wondery | Treefort Media

True Crime, Exhibit C

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Former FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong exposes the case of "La Malaviejitas" Juana Barraza. A former professional wrestler, Juana is one of Mexico's most prolific serial killers, who terrorized elderly women in Mexico City.

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0:07.6	A listener note, this episode contains adult content and is not suitable for everyone.
0:13.6	Please be advised.
0:23.9	On the banks of the Rio Grande, just across the border from Laredo, Texas,
0:29.8	is the city of Nuevo, Laredo, Mexico.
0:34.7	The railroad bridge and three international bridges connecting the city to the United States
0:40.5	are only one reason why the city has been host to many turf wars from competing drug
0:46.5	cartels.
0:48.5	So, when the Mexican army swept into Nuevo, Laredo in 2009, it was not a complete surprise.
0:58.8	It was only after their reason was revealed that the shock set in.
1:05.8	At the command of Mexico's then president, the troops and a group of workers armed with
1:11.5	backhose were sent in to destroy religious shrines dedicated to Santa Moritae.
1:19.7	In English, that means saint death.
1:23.3	Why?
1:25.2	Because they incorrectly believed, as did the Catholic Church, that they were worshiping
1:30.8	Satan.
1:34.6	Thirty shrines were destroyed that day in Nuevo, Laredo, and that was just an echo of the
1:40.2	destruction in cities and towns all across Mexico that year.
1:46.3	Santa Moritae is popular among Mexican drug cartels because they pray to her for protection.
1:54.0	But the saint's reach has expanded and people from all walks of life leave offerings at
1:59.1	her shrine, asking for protection from the violence of the cartels, or for good fortune
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