Buried Secrets: A True Story of Serial Murder

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The four Hernandez brothers built their drug business gradually over a decade and they had prospered — until the cleverest brother, Saul, was shot in 1987. Humes does an excellent job of remaining neutral narrating the events of the disturbing El Padrino murder rituals.This unflinching, unforgettable story is brought to vivid, terrifying life in “one of the best true-crime tales in recent time” ( Publishers Weekly ). In Buried Secrets, Edward Humes explores the intersections of the drug trade and politics in a way that still resonates today, touching upon the religious elements that play into the iconic status of drug kingpins. It is a good look at how people can get involved in a cult and there is a lot of supernatural things happening here. Constanzo soon attracted disciples, who obeyed him out of either fear or love, and he saw that more money was to be made from drugs than from reading cards. The mayor of Matamoros, the governor of the surrounding state of Tamaulipas, and Benitez's commanders in Mexico City, alarmed at the negative publicity and its potential impact on tourism, began to pressure Benitez and other police commanders in the area.

It explained the climate of fear that allowed Adolfo to run his cult so successfully for so many years. That allowed me to bring readers deep inside the story of what happens when the police investigate one of their own, and into the mind of a cop who thinks he can get away with anything — and almost did. This title is hard to find, but well worth the time and money if you have a curiosity about Santeria and Afro-Carribean religions. He soon realized that there were greater profits in drug money than the occult, and as his status grew in the drug trade, so too did his legendary brutality.So it was with the Hernandez family of Matamoros, mid-level drug smugglers, neither big time nor small time — just one of hundreds of gangs with connections to the city's powerful crime and drug barons. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. He was a study in contradictions: profoundly superstitious yet well educated, savvy without being corrupt. For those not able to stomach the horrors that some "humans" can inflict on others - steer clear of this book. What Lynne Sposito soon discovered were bizarre connections to the Dixie Mafia, a predatory band of criminals who ran The Strip, Biloxi’s beachfront hub of sex, drugs, and sleaze.