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IB Kerrville Daily Times Tuesday, April 18, 1989 Man arrested, two more sought in cult slayings Bv JOEL WILLIAMS the Rancho Santa Elena. 1 By JOEL WILLIAMS Associated Press Writer BROWNSVILLE (AP) Federal authorities have arrested one man and issued warrants for two more in connection with a cult of drug smugglers that reportedly slaughtered 15 people near the border city of Matamoros, Mexico, an official said. In Mexico, officials suspect that a female leader of the cult may have been killed in Mexico City because she knew too much, a newspaper reported. The man arrested Monday in Houston, Serafin Hernandez Rivera of Brownsville, belongs to a family suspected of involvement in drug trafficking for at least 12 years in this border area, said Oran Neck, chief U.S. Customs agent in Brownsville.

Also named in the new warrants were Martin Quintana and Malio Fabio, two Mexican citizens believed to have participated in the sacrificial slaying and mutilation of University of Officials suspect female leader murdered in Mexico City Texas student Mark Kilroy, one of the group's 15 unearthed victims, Neck said. "Anybody that's involved in human sacrifices either directly or indirectly ought to be feared," Neck said, adding that Fabio and Quintana also are wanted on the same drug charges as Hernandez. The three new warrants bring to 11 the number of U.S. warrants issued in the case. Four are in custody in Mexico, including Serafin Hernandez Garcia 20, son of Hernandez, and Elio Hernandez Rivera, 22, brother of the senior Hernandez.

Juan Benitez Ayala, the commander of the Federal Judicial Po lice unit stationed in Matamoros, told the Houston Chronicle that a purse and other belongings of Sara Villareal Aldrete were left at a residence in Mexico City, where an occult altar was discovered. Benitez told the newspaper that police found evidence that Aldrete did not accompany the cult's "godfather," Adolfo de Jesus Constanzo, and two others who flew from McAllen to Mexico City, and then to Miami last Tuesday. Constanzo and his two companions were identified by authorities as Alvaro De Leon Valdez and Quintana. Neck said the trio took a Continental flight from McAllen to Mexico City the day before 12 mutilated bodies were discovered on the Santa Elena ranch 20 miles of Matamoros. Ms.

Aldrete was not with them, he added. Benitez said the men may have killed her because she knew too much about the drug operation. Federal Mexican charges were expected to be filed today against four men in custody in Matamoros. Serafin Sr. is not believed to have been involved in the cult activity, only in drugs, officials said.

His father, Brigido Hernandez not accused in the case owns the Santa Elena Ranch, U.S. and Mexican officials said. Saul Hernandez Rivera, brother of Serafin Sr. and Elio Hernandez, was machine- gunned to death last year in Mexico, in what Mexican officials attributed to a drug-related execution, Neck said. In the Santa Elena Ranch killings, some of the drug ring members practiced human sacrifices, influenced by the Palo Mayombe religion, in the belief the slayings and mutilations would bring magical protection to the illicit business.

A movie, "The Believers," which deals with a violent cult, influenced the sect's members, according to confessions, officials said. Actor Martin Sheen, who starred in the movie, said Monday, "I am too shocked and deeply upset that anything I'm involved with could be so misinterpreted and lead to such a heinous crime." Sheen, who also is known for his peace activism, starred as a police psychiatrist investigating the cult in the John Schlesinger film. Two bodies of suspected drug traffickers missing since May were unearthed Sunday on a collective farm two miles south of Lynn's Imports a unique 313 Main across from H.E.B. 257-2800 M-F Sol. the Rancho Santa Elena.

The newly discovered victims, Moises Castillo, 52, of Houston, and Hector de la Fuente, 39, of Ejido San Francisco, west of Matamoros, did not appear tortured or mutilated like the other victims, officials said. Castillo's father, Hidalgo Castillo, 76, of Brownsville, said he found $70, a pair of eyeglasses and a passport in his son's pocket when he unearthed the bodies. Moises disappeared on May 30, 1988, the same day de la Fuente dropped out of sight. STONE DAMAGE? Ins. Co.

will probably pay for this at NO COST TO YOU! BEELINE WINDSHIELD REPAIR 257-4878 IN SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE Woman protests polygraph exam AUSTIN (AP) It is "an insult" to victims for law enforcement agencies to require a lie detector examination before pursuing a sexual assault complaint, a lawmaker says. Rep. Juan Hinojosa on Monday discussed a bill he said would prohibit law enforcement agencies from making a polygraph test a prerequisite for taking a sexual assault complaint. "We should not put people who are victims through such a traumatic experience," he said. His bill cleared its first hurdle when it was given 9-0 approval by the House committee on criminal jurisprudence Monday night.

Hinojosa, D-McAllen, said he has found many law enforcement agencies require a polygraph exam before taking a complaint. He said the "vast majority" of such cases involve sexual assault. One woman told a news conference she felt "on trial" during such an exam. "I am a sexual assault, and this is wrong to have a victim take a polygraph test. It is so wrong," said Susan Gillis, her voice breaking.

"To ask someone to take a polygraph test and try to remain in a composed nature I can't do it a year and a half later. To expect someone to do it right after they've been sexually assaulted is ludicrous," said Ms. Gillis, 22. Ms. Gillis, who is from Dallas, said the exam lasted four hours and that she "cried through the whole thing." "I really did feel like I was the one on trial.

The results were inconclusive," she said. "It's very frustrating to know that the officials that are supposed to be working with you will not do anything until you have taken this polygraph test." Legislature at-a-glance: AUSTIN (AP) Here are the highlights from Monday's legislative session: HOUSE: HB709, appropriating $100,000 for killer bee research, tentatively approved on non- record vote. HB30, prohibiting courts from considering the income of a person's spouse when setting the amount of child support the person must pay, tentatively approved on a non-record vote. Adjourned until Tuesday at 10 a.m. SENATE: SB20, restricting paddling of students, approved 19-11, sent to House.

HB192, accepted conference committee report on establishing pre-release centers for state prison inmates, approved 30-1, sent to governor. SB 1325, allowing luxury hotels to have minibars, approved 31-0, sent to House. Adjourned until Tuesday at 11 a.m. WEATHERVANE By The Associated Press State Thunderstorms, including some that may reach severe levels are possible across portions of North Texas tonight. Some scattered evening thunderstorms are possible across West Texas.

The remainder of the state will have partly to mostly cloudy skies through Wednesday. The activity was expected to be generated by a weak, slow-moving cold front that extended early today from near Wichita Falls southwestward into the southern High Plains. Forecast South Texas Late night morning low clouds and patchy fog, otherwise partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. Widely scattered showers or thunderstorms southeast portion on Wednesday. Highs in the 80s except 90s in the southwest.

Lows in the 60s except low 70s lower coast. Extended Forecast Thursday Through Saturday South Texas Late-night and early morning low cloudiness. Otherwise, partly cloudy with warm days and mild nights. Highs near 80 along coastal barrier islands, 90s in the Rio Grande Plains and lower valley and 80s to near 90 elsewhere. Lows in the 60s except for 70s in immediate coast and lower valley.

Nation Most of the nation was dry with clear skies early today, but dense fog developed over southwest Louisiana and rain fell over the lower Great Lakes and upper Ohio Valley. Light snow fell in eastern South Dakota and southern Minnesota, with accumulations generally less than an inch. Fog developed along the central Gulf Coast, especially southwest Louisiana. Strong northerly winds were over the central Plains. Today's forecast: showers and thunderstorms over the south-central U.S., with the strongest thunderstorms expected from north-central Texas into southwestern Arkansas; rainshowers over eastern and southern New England, southeast New York and northern New Jersey; rainshowers and occasional thundershowers across southern Pennsylvania, West Virginia, southeast Kentucky, Tennessee and northern Mississippi; and scattered rainshowers over southern Florida.

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