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Devils on the altar of Paco Verrugas.


Several figures of devils were found in the altar of Paco Verrugas, a member of ‘La Unión Tepito’, a criminal group that operates in Mexico City (CDMX).

A gnome devil, one in his manger and another with tennis shoes are part of the figures that were found in an altar to Satan, found inside an apartment in the Morelos neighborhood, in the Cuauhtemoc district of the CDMX.

Journalist Carlos Jiménez released photographs of what was found at the site. All in honor of the devil.

Raid on La Union Tepito’s safe house apartment.

According to the information that has come to light, the place where the altar was located was a refuge for the alleged trafficker and extortionist, a member of La Unión Tepito.

Intelligence agents of the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC) conducted a raid on the night of Tuesday, January 23 and seized packages of drugs there.

Users of social networks reacted with various comments to the altar found in the place and among them read:

Cross, cross, the devil go away and may Jesus come.

Serious question, is it a crime to have these figures so that the Attorney General’s Office can secure them?

What does a devil with tennis shoes mean?

Who is Paco Verrugas?

Francisco ‘N’, alias Paco Verrugas or El Gordo, is the right-hand man of men nicknamed El Barbas and El Tomate, who belong to the La Unión Tepito gang.

The man was arrested at the beginning of January of this year and, according to the capital authorities, was involved in crimes such as extortion, drug dealing, homicide, deprivation of liberty and extortion for ransom.

The arrest of Paco Verrugas, 32, was made at the intersection of Eje Central and Manuel González Avenue in Cuauhtémoc, in the company of a woman identified as Pilar ‘N’, who was also captured.

Francisco Javier Mares aka Paco Verrugas





Morelos neighborhood 
Mexico City
Mexico City

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