Alejandro Máynez (born Armando MartÃnez c. 1970s) is a
Mexican
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alleged
serial killer
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and fugitive. Along with Ana Benavides
and Melchor Máynez, he killed at least two women in
Ciudad Juárez
Ciudad Juárez ( ; ''Juarez City''. ) is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It is commonly referred to as Juárez and was known as El Paso del Norte (''The Pass of the North'') until 1888. Juárez is the seat of the Juà ...
, but he is believed to be responsible for 50 victims in all. His murders are organized and motivated by sexual compulsion, committed as part of a group.
Beginnings
Alejandro was an orphan. He was baptized Armando MartÃnez. He spent a portion of his childhood in orphanages in the United States. During the 1970s, he was adopted by Guillermo Máynez, a
Chihuahua business entrepreneur and owner of approximately 20 bars and nightclubs in
Juárez, and his family, who gave him his surname and changed his name to Alejandro.
Crimes
During the 1980s and 1990s, Alejandro and Melchor, cousins, joined a gang of drug and jewelry traffickers that smuggled contraband into the United States. Supposedly, they were under the protection of the Chihuahuan government headed by
Francisco Barrio
Francisco Javier Barrio Terrazas (born November 25, 1950) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN). He is a former governor of Chihuahua and former secretary in the cabinet of President Vicente Fox.
Barrio was bo ...
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In 1999, two former police officers, VÃctor Valenzuela and Ramiro Romero Gómez, of the state and federal police, started a new department that specialized in femicides, accusing Alejandro Máynez of the deaths of several women:
According to Valenzuela and Romero, Máynez had enjoyed the protection of the police in his crimes. That year, Valenzuela was incarcerated on charges of narcotics sales, and Romero was executed.
Earlier, in 1995,
Abdul Latif Sharif
Abdul Latif Sharif, first name also spelled Abdel (September 19, 1947 – June 1, 2006), was an Egyptian-born American chemist and chief suspect in the Juárez killings, a decade-long murder spree that began in the Mexican city of Ciudad Ju ...
was arrested and faced charges for tens of femicides; he claimed to be innocent and accused Máynez of being the true "Juárez Ripper".
Alejandro and Melchor
The Máynez cousins had begun their career as serial killers in 1988, alongside their activities as traffickers. At some point, they separated and began to kill in turns.
Alejandro and Ana
In 1998, Alejandro met Ana Benavides, who was working as a waitress at one of his family's bars. Máynez's known victims also were employed in family businesses. Instead of becoming a victim, it turned out that Ana and he shared certain proclivities. Ana was a devil-worshipping fanatic who had already claimed the lives of three people. She quickly began to take an active part in Máynez's murders.
''"El diario de Richie"''
In 1995, a book was unveiled by an unknown author using the pseudonym "Richie". The book painstakingly compiled the events and details of several dozen murders. It is thought that Alejandro Máynez is the author of this book.
According to the manuscript, many of the women who were murdered in Juárez were killed during orgies arranged by members of organized crime, at which they used the murders as material for
snuff film
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s.
See also
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Female homicides in Ciudad Juárez
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List of fugitives from justice who disappeared
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List of serial killers by country
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Convicted serial killers by country Afghanistan
*Abdullah Shah: killed at least 20 travelers on the road from Kabul to Jalalabad while serving under ...
References
Further reading
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1970s births
20th-century criminals
Fugitives wanted on murder charges
Living people
Suspected serial killers