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Historia y Sociedad
versión impresa ISSN 0121-8417versión On-line ISSN 2357-4720
Resumen
RODRIGUEZ, Pablo. Colonial Crimes: Greed and Cruelty in the Murder of Mr. Dongo and his Employees (Mexico City, 1789). Hist. Soc. [online]. 2021, n.40, pp.243-259. Epub 08-Mar-2021. ISSN 0121-8417. https://doi.org/10.15446/hys.n40.89437.
On the night of Friday, October 23, 1789, the cruelest crime of the entire Novo-Hispanic period was committed. Three Peninsular individuals entered armed, with the purpose of robbing the residence of the merchant Joaquín Dongo in Mexico City. After murdering him along with ten of his employees, the robbers escaped with an important loot. The speed and severity with which justice acted was unknown at the time. This article analyzes the social and cultural elements present in such an atrocious crime. Likewise, the reasons that led the authorities to apply the death penalty to the culprits.
Palabras clave : criminality; felonies; greed; cruelty; death penalty; Mexico.