Alberto Devilor
Fresh Meat
In January 1990, a 36-year-old woman from Granada, Encarnación Guardia Moreno, died after undergoing a brutal and improvised exorcism carried out by a local baker known as "El Pastelero" ("The Pastry Chef"), together with several female relatives.
Encarnación had become convinced that she was possessed by the Devil after returning from France, where she had reportedly taken part in occult or black-magic practices. Believing that Lucifer was inside her, she sought help from the self-proclaimed healer.
The ritual lasted many hours. During the exorcism:
1. She was forced to drink large quantities of hot water mixed with salt.
2. She was repeatedly made to consume various concoctions.
3. Her clothes and personal belongings were burned because they were believed to be contaminated by evil spirits.
4. She was physically restrained, beaten, and subjected to increasingly violent attempts to "expel the demon."
5. Severe injuries were inflicted to her vaginal and anal areas during the ritual.
They mainly inserted a wooden stock into her anus and then into her vagina.
Eventually, her sister found her naked, covered in blood, and barely conscious. She was taken to hospital, where doctors were shocked by the extent of her injuries. Encarnación died shortly afterwards.
The forensic investigation concluded that the immediate cause of death was largely the enormous quantity of salt she had ingested, which caused fatal physiological damage.
The Trial
The trial took place in 1992. The accused, a person who had an IQ that was easy to suroass, maintained that Encarnación herself believed she was possessed and had begged them to remove the demon from her body. The baker claimed he was only trying to help her.
The prosecution described the ritual as a series of brutal acts that included physical assaults and dangerous forced ingestion of salt-based mixtures.
The court eventually convicted the baker and several relatives involved in the ritual. The baker and two cousins received five-year prison sentences, while another participant received a shorter sentence.
The link to the news article:
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Encarnación had become convinced that she was possessed by the Devil after returning from France, where she had reportedly taken part in occult or black-magic practices. Believing that Lucifer was inside her, she sought help from the self-proclaimed healer.
The ritual lasted many hours. During the exorcism:
1. She was forced to drink large quantities of hot water mixed with salt.
2. She was repeatedly made to consume various concoctions.
3. Her clothes and personal belongings were burned because they were believed to be contaminated by evil spirits.
4. She was physically restrained, beaten, and subjected to increasingly violent attempts to "expel the demon."
5. Severe injuries were inflicted to her vaginal and anal areas during the ritual.
They mainly inserted a wooden stock into her anus and then into her vagina.
Eventually, her sister found her naked, covered in blood, and barely conscious. She was taken to hospital, where doctors were shocked by the extent of her injuries. Encarnación died shortly afterwards.
The forensic investigation concluded that the immediate cause of death was largely the enormous quantity of salt she had ingested, which caused fatal physiological damage.
The Trial
The trial took place in 1992. The accused, a person who had an IQ that was easy to suroass, maintained that Encarnación herself believed she was possessed and had begged them to remove the demon from her body. The baker claimed he was only trying to help her.
The prosecution described the ritual as a series of brutal acts that included physical assaults and dangerous forced ingestion of salt-based mixtures.
The court eventually convicted the baker and several relatives involved in the ritual. The baker and two cousins received five-year prison sentences, while another participant received a shorter sentence.
The link to the news article:
El exorcista chapucero
En 1990 la albaicinera Encarnación Guardia murió en una pantomima de exorcismo tras haber sido empalada y haberle hecho ingerir tres kilos de sal
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