Claudia Mijangos
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Claudia Mijangos Arzac | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 26, 1956 |
| Other names | "La hiena de Querétaro" (The Hyena of Querétaro) |
| Occupations | Catechism teacher and ex-beauty queen |
| Known for | Committing filicide against her three children |
| Criminal status | Released to mental facility, 2019 |
| Spouse | Alfredo Castaños Gutiérrez (?-) (divorced) |
| Children | Claudia María Castaños Mijangos Ana Belén Castaños Mijangos Alfredo Antonio Castaños Mijangos |
| Parent(s) | Antonio Mijangos (father) María del Carmen Arzac (mother) |
| Motive | Serious mental disorders |
| Criminal charge | 3 counts of murder |
| Penalty | 30-years in prison |
Capture status | Free |
| Details | |
| Victims | Her 3 children |
| Date | 24 April 1989 |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Querétaro |
Date apprehended | 1989 |
Claudia Mijangos Arzac (born 25 May 1956) is a Mexican woman who was convicted of filicide.[1] In April 1989, Mijangos stabbed her three children to death declaring she was obliged by a diabolical entity that possessed her.[2] She was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and temporal lobe epilepsy. Therefore, she was sentenced to 30 years in prison, the maximum sentence for such a crime in Mexico.[3][4] Mijangos was released from prison in 2019 and admitted to a psychiatric clinic.[5]
According to local legends, the house where she committed the crime (in the Jardines de la Hacienda colonia of Querétaro) is haunted.[6] The site was explored by the Mexican paranormal television program, Extranormal[7] and by the Mexican parapsychologist Carlos Trejo.
Claudia Mijangos was born on 25 May 1956 in Sinaloa, Mexico,[8] where she was raised in an upper-middle-class family. In her youth, she was named beauty queen of her hometown of Mazatlán.[5] After graduating in commerce, she married Alfredo Castaños Gutiérrez. They had three children. After the death of her parents, the family inherited a sizable amount of money and moved to Querétaro City, Querétaro.[9] There, the three children were enrolled in the Catholic school Colegio Fray Luis de León, where Claudia Mijangos worked as a catechism teacher.[5] Claudia later opened a clothing store downtown.[5]
In the late 1980s, Claudia and her husband Alfredo began to develop marital problems. She began to display signs of emotional instability, according to relatives and friends. The couple attended marriage counseling with Dr. Jaime Flores. Claudia and Alfredo separated in 1989.
