True Crime-Paranormal-Conspiracy Theories Stories Part V #Wattys2023

Serial Killer: Adolfo Contanza

Adolfo de Jesús Constanzo(November 1, 1962 – May 6, 1989) was an American serial killer,drug dealer and cult leader who led an infamous drug-trafficking andoccult gang in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, that was dubbed theNarcosatanists (Spanish: Los Narcosatánicos) by the media. His cultmembers nicknamed him The Godfather (El Padrino). Constanzo led thecult with Sara Aldrete, whom followers nicknamed "TheGodmother" (La Madrina). The cult was involved in multipleritualistic killings in Matamoros, including the murder of MarkKilroy, an American student abducted, tortured and killed in the areain 1989.

Early life

Adolfo Constanzo was born in Miami,Florida, to Delia Aurora González, a Cuban immigrant in 1962. Shegave birth to Adolfo at the age of 15 and eventually had threechildren, by different fathers. Delia moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico,after her first husband died and remarried there. Constanzo wasbaptized Catholic and served as an altar boy, but also accompaniedhis mother on trips to Haiti to learn about Vodou.

Constanzo's family returned to Miami in1972 and his stepfather died soon after, leaving the family with somemoney. As a teenager, he became apprenticed to a local sorcerer andbegan to practice a religion called Palo Mayombe, which involvesanimal sacrifice. Delia remarried and his new stepfather was involvedin both the religion and drug dealing. Constanzo and his mother werearrested numerous times for theft, vandalism and shoplifting. Hegraduated from high school, but was expelled from prep school.

As an adult, Constanzo moved to MexicoCity and met the men who were to become his followers: MartínQuintana, Jorge Montes and Omar Orea. They began to run a profitablebusiness casting spells to bring good luck, which involved expensiveritual sacrifices of chickens, goats, snakes, zebras and even lioncubs. Many of his clients were rich drug dealers and hitmen whoenjoyed the violence of Constanzo's "magical"displays. He also attracted other rich members of Mexican society,including several high-ranking corrupt policemen who introduced himto the city's powerful drug cartels. His cult was said to beassociated with the notable Gulf Cartel.

Constanzo started to raid graveyardsfor human bones to put in his nganga, or cauldron. Before long, hiscult decided that the spirits of the dead that resided in the ngangawould be stronger (providing the cult more powerful protection) withlive human sacrifices instead of old bones. The resulting killingssoon totaled more than twenty victims, whose mutilated bodies werefound in and around Mexico City. This process escalated untilConstanzo eventually decided that the gang needed the power of abrain from an American student, culminating with the 1989 murder ofMark Kilroy.

Murders

Constanzo began to believe that hismagic, much of which he took from Palo Mayombe, was responsible forthe success of the cartels and demanded to become a full businesspartner with one of the most powerful families he knew, the Calzadas.When his demand was rejected, seven family members disappeared. Theirbodies turned up later with fingers, toes, ears, brains and even (inone case) the spine missing. Constanzo soon made friends with a newcartel, the Hernandez brothers. He also took up with a young womannamed Sara Aldrete, who became the high priestess of the cult.Constanzo made Aldrete second-in-command of his cult and directed herto supervise his followers while he was shipping marijuana over theborder into the US.