Cárdenas Hernández, Gregorio
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found: His Adiós, Lecumberri, c1979:t.p. (Gregorio Cárdenas Hernández)
found: Ríos Molina, A. Memorias de un loco anormal : el caso de Goyo Cárdenas, 2010:p. 13 (Gregorio Cárdenas Hernández, the Tacuba strangler) p. 16, etc. (Gregorio Cárdenas; d. 1999; 17 yrs. old in 1931; 27 yrs. old in 1939)
found: Wikipedia, 30 April 2019(Gregorio Cárdenas Hernández; born 1915 in Mexico City, Mexico; died 2 August 1999 in Los Angeles, California, United States; other names: "The Strangler of Tacuba" and "Goyo"; arrested 7 September 1942 for murdering 4 women between August 15, 1942 and September 7, 1942; incarcerated in the notorious Lecumberri prison; wrote three books while in prison; during trial he pleaded guilty and was given a life sentence; in 1976 Cárdenas was pardoned by president Luis Echeverría; completed law studies and worked as a lawyer until his death in 1999)
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1992-01-28: new
2019-05-01: revised
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