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Las Poquianchi's, The Four Sisters.


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  • María Delfina González Valenzuela, María del Carmen González Valenzuela, María Luisa González Valenzuela and María de Jesús González Valenzuela (known as Las Poquianchis) were four sisters from the north-central Mexican state of Guanajuato.
  •  From 1945 until 1964, the sisters ran "Rancho El Ángel"', the locus of their largescale prostitution ring and the site of the murder of at least 91 people.
  • It is believed that the four sisters killed more than 150 people or even more than 200 people. 
  • Guinness World Records called them the "most prolific murder partnership"
  • The Sisters slaughtered many young girls, ladies, babies and men, and were only sentenced to 40 years each.
  • the youngest sister, did not serve the whole sentence and was released, living her life out in obscurity.
  • in 2002 another 20 skeletons were exhumed close to where they operated their sordid business.

References:
https://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/gonzalez-sisters.htm
https://www.sandiegored.com/en/news/188449/The-Poquianchis-were-history-s-most-feared-Mexican-women-serial-killers
http://culturecrossfire.com/etc/whorehouse-91-murders/

Photographs and additional reading.
https://cropper.watch.aetnd.com/cdn.watch.aetnd.com/sites/4/2017/07/GettyImages-515247716.jpg?w=900

Resources:
https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/mentalhealth/Pages/contact-service.aspx#24-hour
https://www.beyondblue.org.au
https://www.betterhelp.com
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