Andrés Filomeno Mendoza Celis (born 29 November 1947) is a Mexican serial killer and butcher. He was captured in the municipality of Atizapán de Zaragoza, State of Mexico. Initially, he was accused of being likely responsible for at least 19 murders.[1][2] However, it is believed that his real number of victims could be 30 or more.[3] In June 2021, 3,787 bones were found inside his home.[4]
Andrés Mendoza | |
|---|---|
| Born | Andrés Filomeno Mendoza Celis 29 November 1947 Zimatlán de Álvarez, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Other names | The Cannibal of Atizapan |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
| Details | |
| Victims | 19–30+ |
Span of crimes | 1994–2021 |
| Country | Mexico |
Date apprehended | 15 May 2021 |
In 2022, Mendoza was convicted of the murders and sentenced to life imprisonment.[5] In June of the same year, it was reported that the number of skeletal remains found in his house increased to 4,600, which were presumed to belong to 19 people; 17 women, a child, and a man.[6]
Biography
editIn 2015, Mendoza worked as president of the citizen participation council of his neighborhood during the administration of the policy and, at that time, municipal president, Ana María Balderas Trejo.[7][8] He also worked for several years as a butcher, working in a slaughterhouse preparing meat for human consumption in Tlalnepantla.[9] This was one of the reasons why he had knowledge on how to dissect and cut the bodies of his victims.[10]
Psychology
editIt has been mentioned that Mendoza was inspired by the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs, the same year in which it is reported that he committed his first murder against a woman.[11] This was reported by Javier Tejado Dondé, a columnist for the Mexican newspaper El Universal and involved in a documentary series on the crimes of this man.[12][13] However, psychologist Feggy Ostrosky Shejet rejected Tejado Dondé's version, declaring that was just the invention of some admirer. She affirmed this because she herself interviewed Mendoza and questioned him about his supposed inspiration for the Hannibal Lecter movie, to which he responded by saying that he did watch movies, but Mexican ones.[14]
Arrest and investigation
editOn 15 May 2021,[15] Mendoza was arrested in Atizapán de Zaragoza, State of Mexico, when he was found with the dismembered corpse of a woman initially identified as Reyna and her real name was Reyna González Amador. She had been reported missing the previous day.[15][16][17] It was presumed that Amador was her sentimental partner, but this was denied, since she was married and it was her husband, Bruno Ángel Portillo, who would find her body after forcibly entering the home of Mendoza located on Margaritas Street in the Lomas de San Miguel neighborhood.[18][19] In addition, INE credentials,[20] clothing, shoes, makeup, and bags were found inside of several women,[21] as well as cassette recordings committing the murders,[21] and a notebook with a list of several names of women, these being his possible victims.[22] He also kept skinned faces and hair.[23] He buried or ate the women he murdered,[23] having done these crimes for years.[15][24][25]
Mendoza was taken to the Barrientos Prison in Tlalnepantla de Baz.[21] According to some statements from his neighbors, the man could not bear the contempt and disinterest he received from young women,[26] while others described him as "quiet, and he did not bother women".[27] He was linked to the murders while imprisoned.[28]
Modus operandi
editAccording to the ministerial statement, Mendoza confessed that with the exception of Reyna, he met all his victims in bars located in Tlalnepantla, places where they worked and where he visited. He would then invite them to his house with the intention of having sexual relations.[10] In almost all cases, they consumed alcoholic beverages and then Mendoza murdered them by stabbing them.[10]
References
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- ^ "Feminicida de Atizapán habría matado a 19 posibles víctimas; una podría ser menor". www.encancha.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ^ "Presunto feminicida de Atizapán se consideraría asesino serial si se confirma que cometía actos de canibalismo". CNN en Español. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ López, Horació (12 June 2021). "A casi un mes suman 3787 restos óseos hallados en casa de feminicida serial". am. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ Espinosa, Guillermo (31 March 2022). "Vinculan a proceso a Andrés Mendoza «El Feminicida de Atizapán»". Capital. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ López, Horació (12 June 2021). "A casi un mes suman 3787 restos óseos hallados en casa de feminicida serial". am. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ Peñaloza, Montserrat (19 May 2021). "Cae en Edomex feminicida serial". El Heraldo Aguascalientes. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Ayuntamiento constitucional Atizapán de Zaragoza" (PDF). ipomex (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Revelaron que Andrés «N», el feminicida serial de Atizapán, fue carnicero por años". infobae (in Spanish). 20 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "«Le quité la piel del rostro porque estaba muy guapa», la confesión del asesino serial de 72 años". LaOpinión. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ "En esta película se inspiró «El caníbal de Atizapán» para cometer sus crímenes". YouTube. 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ Tejado Dondé, Javier (28 June 2022). "La historia detrás de la serie Caníbal, Atizapán y la Suprema Corte". El Universal. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ Islas, Laura (28 June 2022). "El Caníbal de Atizapán y El silencio de los inocentes. La impunidad cómplice de un falso Hannibal Lecter mexicano". Un1ón. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ Sánchez Jiménez, Nallely (3 July 2022). "En la mente del caníbal: Andrés Mendoza confesó a psicóloga los motivos para matar a tantas mujeres por más de 30 años (1)". Infobae. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ a b c "Rostros desollados, fragmentos de cuerpos: los macabros hallazgos en casa de presunto feminicida serial de Atizapán". Infobae. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ Pineda, Gustavo (18 May 2021). "Ella es Reyna, la última víctima del presunto feminicida serial de Atizapán". CC News. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Cae presunto feminicida serial en Atizapán, destazaba a sus víctimas". adn40. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "«Le teníamos lástima, lo apoyamos», el esposo de Reyna negó que Andrés «N» tuviera una relación con ella, antes de destazarla en Atizapán". Infobae. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ Díaz, Raúl (20 May 2021). "Andrés, el feminicida serial de Atizapán, es vinculado a proceso". sdpnoticias. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ "Localizan credenciales de elector de mujeres desaparecidas en domicilio del feminicida de Atizapán". Telediario. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ a b c López, Horacio (19 May 2021). "Esto es lo que sabemos del feminicida serial Andrés Mendoza". am. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ Colina, Stef (20 May 2021). "Andrés Mendoza, el presunto feminicida serial de México, tenía una libreta del horror con los nombres de sus víctimas". AmoMama. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ a b "La tétrica obsesión de Andrés «N», el feminicida serial de Atizapán, por mujeres jóvenes: conservó cabello y rostros desollados". infobae. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ Reyes, César (19 May 2021). "Andrés, el hombre de 72 años acusado de secuestrar, matar y comer mujeres durante 30 años". La Opinión. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "IMÁGENES FUERTES, Por años mató mujeres en el Estado de México; la última fue su novia y ya cayó". La voz de Michoacán. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ Salazar, Ana (19 May 2021). "Andrés Filomeno, un hombre que no soportaba el rechazo de mujeres jóvenes y bonitas". Telediario. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ Azem, Gustavo (19 May 2021). "«Tranquilo, no molestaba a las mujeres»: vecinos describieron a Andrés, «El Chino», presunto feminicida de Atizapán". infobae. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ Velázquez, Álvaro (19 May 2021). "Feminicida de Atizapán ya está en Penal de Barrientos; el jueves tendrá primera audiencia". El Sol de México. Retrieved 21 May 2021.