“Goyo” Cardenas or the building of social figures

"Memorias de un loco anormal, el caso de Goyo Cardenas", by Andres Rios Molina

At first sight, it seems to be a surrealistic case. A serial killer who just got out from prison is received and applaused by all the members of Parliament. Thirty years before, he had strangled four young ladies and was known as one of the first serial killers of the modern era. He also escaped from prison before being rearrested. Gregorio “Goyo” Cardenas had become famous in Mexico in the Second World War years. His case had been followed day by day by the whole country. And the debate came back in the late 1970s when his lawyers asked for his release.