Magdalena Solís
| Magdalena Solis | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1930/1940 Monterey, Mexico |
| Criminal penalty | 50 years in prison |
| Killings | |
| Victims | 2-8 |
Magdalena Solis, also known as the High Priestess of Blood, was a serial killer and member of a Mexican cult responsible for orchestrating several murders which involved the drinking of the victims' blood. She was convicted of two of the murders and sentenced to 50 years in prison.
She came from a poverty-stricken dysfunctional family, and entered into prostitution at a young age—a profession in which she worked until her marriage with the Santos and Cayetano Hernandez cult in 1963. Her brother, Eleazar Solís, acted as her pimp during this time.
Solís was an organized murderer and sexual predator who killed in groups. She is one of the few documented cases of female serial killers who had clear sexual motivations.
She was responsible for at least eight murders, although the numbers have been speculated to be higher, committed in the small community of Yerba Buena, near the city of Monterrey in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. Solís represented herself as a goddess and ordered numerous sacrifices for blood rituals.
In late 1962 and early 1963, brothers Santos and Cayetano Hernandez, a pair of petty criminals, reached the small town of Yerba Buena, a marginalized community in northern Mexico with 50 impoverished and mostly illiterate inhabitants. As part of a scam, the brothers proclaimed themselves prophets and high priests of the "powerful and exiled Inca gods." The brothers demanded worship and tribute from the villagers in exchange for treasures hidden in the caves of the mountains surrounding the village.
Despite the fact that the Incas were historically not from Mexico, many of the inhabitants of Yerba Buena believed the Hernandez brothers' claims of being Inca prophets. Thus the brothers founded a relatively prosperous sect. In nearby caves, where Inca treasures were allegedly hidden, the brothers organized narcotics-fueled orgies and treated many villagers, both men and women, as sex slaves. However, the villagers began to grow impatient at not seeing their promised treasure.
Faced with possible exposure, the Hernandez brothers traveled to Monterrey in search of prostitutes who would take part in the farce. They eventually made contact with Solís and her brother, who traveled back to Yerba Buena with them. During one of the cave rituals, using a smoke screen, the Hernandez brothers introduced Solís as the reincarnation of an Inca goddess. Solís developed a severe theological psychosis and took over the sect. Under her leadership, their rituals became more grisly and perverse as Solís became enamored with consumption of blood and sadomasochism.
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