A “devil worshipper” has been detained in Mexico for reportedly eating his wife’s brain in tacos and using her skull as an ashtray after killing her. The 32-year-old suspect, identified only as Alvaro, was apprehended on July 2 at the couple’s Puebla home and is accused of murdering his wife, a mother of five, on June 29 while under the influence of a forbidden narcotic. During questioning, he allegedly told officers that the crime was ordered by Santa Muerte (Our Lady of Holy Death) and the devil.
Following the murder, Alvaro called the “Cannibal of Puebla,” is accused of dismembering victim Maria Montserrat Animas Montiel’s body and placing her remains in plastic bags. He is said to have thrown some of them into a ravine behind the house and kept the rest inside the property. According to individuals close to the investigation, he admitted to consuming a portion of his wife’s brain in tacos and using a portion of her smashed skull as an ashtray. He is reported to have confessed to one of his stepdaughters two days after the murder. Maria Alicia Montiel Serran, the victim’s mother, told local media, “He told one of her daughters to come and collect her mum because ‘I already killed her and put her in bags.”
“I killed her, I cut her into pieces, and I threw her into the ravine in bags”
Maria Alicia, who was distraught at the time, stated that Alvaro dismembered the 38-year-old victim’s body “with a machete, a chisel, and a hammer.” She said, “I called him crying, asking why he did that to her if she wasn’t a bad person.” According to Maria Alicia, the suspect confessed: “I killed her, I cut her into pieces, and I threw her into the ravine in bags.” She added that he claimed: “She didn’t suffer.” Maria Montserrat married Alvaro less than a year ago. She had five daughters, aged from 12 to 23. The youngest two lived with the couple and, according to their grandmother, were subjected to violence and sexual harassment from their stepfather. Maria Alicia said: “He would spy on them while they showered, and my daughter, well, you know that out of love, she always sided with him.”
The victim’s family claimed Alvaro, a builder, was a drug and alcohol abuser who was frequently abusive towards his wife. According to the family, the pair frequently wrote on social media about their devotion to Santa Muerte. The police allegedly discovered a black magic altar at their home. “Drugs, he used them, and he snorted cocaine and everything,” Maria Alicia claimed. To do something like that, I believe he had mental issues… He adored the one down below; I knew this because she had Santa Muerte tattooed on one of her brightly colored legs.”
The victim’s family has yet to be able to bury Maria Montserrat since police are still looking for some of her remains, which must also be DNA-tested. Her mother demanded: “Give her to me so that I can bury her and give her a proper send-off. That’s what I want, and don’t let him go free because I believe no mother would want her daughter to be sent to her in pieces. I demand justice.” The Puebla Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the case.