In this conversation, Joe Rios discusses two dark aspects of Mexico's history: the Las Poquianchis case and Mexico's Dirty War. He also shares 20 interesting facts about Hispanic culture. The Dirty War, which took place from 1968 to 1982, involved the forced disappearance of over 1,200 people by the Mexican government. The government would arrest individuals, take their pictures, and then make them disappear, often dumping their bodies in the ocean. The government has tried to cover up these disappearances, but efforts are being made to bring accountability and ensure the truth is known. The right to truth is an important aspect of human rights and helps prevent the repetition of past mistakes. In this conversation, Joe Rios discusses two dark and disturbing topics: the Mexican Dirty War and the case of the Gonzalez Valenzuela sisters, also known as Las Poquianchis. The Mexican Dirty War refers to a period of state-sponsored violence and repression in Mexico from 1965 to 1990. Rios highlights the use of death flights, where dissidents were thrown out of planes into the ocean, as a method of eliminating political opponents. The Gonzalez Valenzuela sisters were a group of sisters who ran a criminal empire involving prostitution and kidnapping young girls. They were responsible for the deaths of over 150 individuals. Rios provides details about their upbringing, their crimes, and their eventual capture and imprisonment.

Takeaways

• Mexico's Dirty War involved the forced disappearance of over 1,200 people by the Mexican government from 1968 to 1982.
• The government would arrest individuals, take their pictures, and then make them disappear, often dumping their bodies in the ocean.
• Efforts are being made to bring accountability and ensure the truth about the Dirty War is known.
• The right to truth is an important aspect of human rights and helps prevent the repetition of past mistakes.
• Joe Rios also shares 20 interesting facts about Hispanic culture. The Mexican Dirty War was a period of state-sponsored violence and repression in Mexico from 1965 to 1990. One method used by the government was death flights, where dissidents were thrown out of planes into the ocean.
• The Gonzalez Valenzuela sisters, also known as Las Poquianchis, were a group of sisters who ran a criminal empire involving prostitution and kidnapping young girls. They were responsible for the deaths of over 150 individuals.
• The sisters' upbringing was marked by a dysfunctional family, with a strict and abusive father and a devoutly religious mother. This combination of influences may have contributed to their twisted mindset.
• The sisters imposed strict rules on the girls they kidnapped, including no kissing, no sexual acts between the girls, and no anal sex. Violations of these rules were met with severe punishment, including beatings and starvation.
• The downfall of the Gonzalez Valenzuela sisters came when one of the kidnapped girls escaped and reported them to the police. The police discovered the bodies of 80 women, 11 men, and several fetuses on their property.
• The sisters were sentenced to 40 years in prison, but their lives in prison were marked by tragedy and bizarre events. One sister died in a freak accident, one disappeared, one died of cancer, and one was driven to madness and possibly killed by angry citizens.