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REY HERNANDEZ, PILAR ADRIANA. Pancho Valentino, Murderer of Priests. Stories Regarding a Famous Crime in Mexico City (1957). Anu. colomb. hist. soc. cult. [online]. 2020, vol.47, n.1, pp.353-376.  Epub 05-Mar-2020. ISSN 0120-2456.  https://doi.org/10.15446/achsc.v47n1.83158.

During most of the 20th century, the nota roja ("red news") was one of the most relevant journalism genres in Mexico, focusing on crimes occurred in urban centers, especially in Mexico City. Some of these cases became famous due to their extensive following and retelling, whether because of the magnitude of the crime or of the personality and characteristics of the criminal. One of these famous cases was the robbery and murder perpetrated by José Valentín Vázquez, alias "Pancho Valentino", in 1957 in the Roma neighborhood. By reconstructing the event and its follow-up in the "red news" and police chronicles in subsequent months, years, and even decades, the article analyzes the way in which urban crimes were narrated in the 1950s and how those stories gave rise to the construction of a memorable figure arising from the world of criminality. The crime caught the attention of the press for various reasons: its having occurred in a middle-class neighborhood with low crime rates; the fact that the victim was a priest; the characteristics of the persecution; and the life and personality of the murderer. The article seeks to show how the "red news" constructed a typical case of urban criminality in the mid-20th century.

Palavras-chave : chronicle; crime; criminality; Mexico City; nota roja; police; press.

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