Andrés Mendoza (serial killer) explained

Andrés Mendoza
Alias:The Cannibal of Atizapan
Birth Name:Andrés Filomeno Mendoza Celis
Birth Date:29 November 1947
Birth Place:Zimatlán de Álvarez, Oaxaca, Mexico
Victims:19–30+
Country:Mexico
Beginyear:1994
Endyear:2021
Apprehended:15 May 2021
Penalty:Life imprisonment

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]

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

In 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

It 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

On 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

According 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Suman al menos 19 víctimas asesinadas por supuesto feminicida de Atizapán. 2021-08-20. infobae. es-ES.
  2. Web site: Feminicida de Atizapán habría matado a 19 posibles víctimas; una podría ser menor. 2021-08-20. www.encancha.mx. es.
  3. Web site: Presunto feminicida de Atizapán se consideraría asesino serial si se confirma que cometía actos de canibalismo. CNN en Español. 28 May 2021. 28 May 2021.
  4. Web site: A casi un mes suman 3787 restos óseos hallados en casa de feminicida serial. am. Horació. López. 12 June 2021. 23 April 2022. 5 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210805185303/https://www.am.com.mx/noticias/EDOMEX-Asesino-feminicida-serial-encuentran-3-mil-787-restos-oseos-en-Atizapan-de-Zaragoza-20210612-0020.html. dead.
  5. Web site: Vinculan a proceso a Andrés Mendoza «El Feminicida de Atizapán». Capital. Guillermo. Espinosa. 31 March 2022. 23 April 2022.
  6. Web site: A casi un mes suman 3787 restos óseos hallados en casa de feminicida serial. am. Horació. López. 12 June 2021. 23 April 2022. 5 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210805185303/https://www.am.com.mx/noticias/EDOMEX-Asesino-feminicida-serial-encuentran-3-mil-787-restos-oseos-en-Atizapan-de-Zaragoza-20210612-0020.html. dead.
  7. Web site: Cae en Edomex feminicida serial. Montserrat. Peñaloza. El Heraldo Aguascalientes. 19 May 2021. 20 May 2021.
  8. Web site: Ayuntamiento constitucional Atizapán de Zaragoza. ipomex. 20 May 2021. PDF. es.
  9. Web site: Revelaron que Andrés «N», el feminicida serial de Atizapán, fue carnicero por años. infobae. 20 May 2021. 21 May 2021. es.
  10. Web site: «Le quité la piel del rostro porque estaba muy guapa», la confesión del asesino serial de 72 años. LaOpinión. 21 May 2021. 21 May 2021.
  11. Web site: En esta película se inspiró «El caníbal de Atizapán» para cometer sus crímenes . 2022 . YouTube . 29 June 2022.
  12. Web site: La historia detrás de la serie Caníbal, Atizapán y la Suprema Corte. El Universal. Javier. Tejado Dondé. 28 June 2022. 29 June 2022.
  13. Web site: El Caníbal de Atizapán y El silencio de los inocentes. La impunidad cómplice de un falso Hannibal Lecter mexicano. Un1ón. Laura. Islas. 28 June 2022. 29 June 2022.
  14. Web site: En la mente del caníbal: Andrés Mendoza confesó a psicóloga los motivos para matar a tantas mujeres por más de 30 años (1). 22 July 2022. Nallely. Sánchez Jiménez. 3 July 2022. Infobae.
  15. Web site: Rostros desollados, fragmentos de cuerpos: los macabros hallazgos en casa de presunto feminicida serial de Atizapán. Infobae. 18 May 2021. 20 May 2021.
  16. Web site: Ella es Reyna, la última víctima del presunto feminicida serial de Atizapán. Gustavo. Pineda. CC News. 18 May 2021. 20 May 2021.
  17. Web site: Cae presunto feminicida serial en Atizapán, destazaba a sus víctimas. adn40. 18 May 2021. 20 May 2021.
  18. Web site: «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. 21 May 2021.
  19. Web site: Andrés, el feminicida serial de Atizapán, es vinculado a proceso. sdpnoticias. Raúl. Díaz. 20 May 2021. 21 May 2021.
  20. Web site: Localizan credenciales de elector de mujeres desaparecidas en domicilio del feminicida de Atizapán. Telediario. 18 May 2021. 20 May 2021.
  21. Web site: Esto es lo que sabemos del feminicida serial Andrés Mendoza. am. Horacio. López. 19 May 2021. 20 May 2021. 20 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210520003508/https://www.am.com.mx/noticias/CDMX-Lo-que-sabemos-del-feminicida-serial-Andres-Mendoza-detenido-en-Atizapan-de-Zaragoza-20210519-0047.html. dead.
  22. Web site: Andrés Mendoza, el presunto feminicida serial de México, tenía una libreta del horror con los nombres de sus víctimas. Stef. Colina. AmoMama. 20 May 2021. 21 May 2021.
  23. Web site: La tétrica obsesión de Andrés «N», el feminicida serial de Atizapán, por mujeres jóvenes: conservó cabello y rostros desollados. infobae. 19 May 2021. 20 May 2021.
  24. Web site: Andrés, el hombre de 72 años acusado de secuestrar, matar y comer mujeres durante 30 años. La Opinión. César. Reyes. 19 May 2021. 20 May 2021.
  25. Web site: 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. 20 May 2021.
  26. Web site: Andrés Filomeno, un hombre que no soportaba el rechazo de mujeres jóvenes y bonitas. Ana. Salazar. Telediario. 19 May 2021. 20 May 2021.
  27. Web site: «Tranquilo, no molestaba a las mujeres»: vecinos describieron a Andrés, «El Chino», presunto feminicida de Atizapán. Gustavo. Azem. infobae. 19 May 2021. 20 May 2021.
  28. Web site: Feminicida de Atizapán ya está en Penal de Barrientos; el jueves tendrá primera audiencia. Álvaro. Velázquez. El Sol de México. 19 May 2021. 21 May 2021.

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