Andrés Mendoza (serial killer)

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 of several women were found inside,^[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]

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]