Claudia Mijangos

Claudia Mijangos Arzac
Born (1956-05-26) May 26, 1956 (age 68)
Mazatlán, Mexico
Other names"La hiena de Querétaro" (The Hyena of Querétaro)
Occupation(s)Catechism teacher and ex-beauty queen
Known forCommitting filicide against her three children
Criminal statusReleased to mental facility, 2019
SpouseAlfredo Castaños Gutiérrez (?-) (divorced)
ChildrenClaudia María Castaños Mijangos
Ana Belén Castaños Mijangos
Alfredo Antonio Castaños Mijangos
Parent(s)Antonio Mijangos (father)
María del Carmen Arzac (mother)
MotiveSerious mental disorders
Criminal charge3 counts of murder
Penalty30-years in prison
Capture status
Free
Details
VictimsHer 3 children
Date24 April 1989
CountryMexico
State(s)Querétaro
Date apprehended
1989

Claudia Mijangos Arzac (born 25 May 1956) is a Mexican woman who was convicted of filicide.[1] In April 1989, Mijangos stabbed her three children to death declaring she was obliged by a diabolical entity that possessed her.[2] She was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and temporal lobe epilepsy. Therefore, she was sentenced to 30 years in prison, the maximum sentence for such a crime in Mexico.[3][4] Mijangos was released from prison in 2019 and admitted to a psychiatric clinic.[5]

According to local legends, the house where she committed the crime (in the Jardines de la Hacienda colonia of Querétaro) is haunted.[6] The site was explored by the Mexican paranormal television program, Extranormal[7] and by the Mexican parapsychologist Carlos Trejo.

  1. ^ Rosado, Isaías (April 24, 2015). "A 26 años del caso Mijangos" [To 26 years of the Mijangos case]. ADN Informativo (in Spanish). Queretaro, Queretaro. Archived from the original on May 31, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  2. ^ Pino, Ángeles (September 16, 2011). "La trágica historia de Claudia Mijangos" [The tragic history of Claudia Mijangos]. El Universal (in Spanish). Mexico City. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  3. ^ "Claudia Mijangos, la Hiena de Queretaro". Escrito con sangre (in Spanish). Escrito con sangre blogspot. Retrieved May 28, 2016. El diagnóstico fue epilepsia del lóbulo temporal, acompañado de esquizofrenia, por lo que se suspendió el proceso penal ordinario y se acordó aplicar una medida de seguridad de 30 años de prisión...
  4. ^ "Claudia Mijangos, la Hiena de Queretaro". Escrito con sangre (in Spanish). Escrito con sangre blogspot. Retrieved May 28, 2016. Hubo rumores y artículos de periódico afirmando que había salido de prisión y se había ido del estado, pero no era verdad...
  5. ^ "Claudia Mijangos, la exreina de belleza que mató a sus tres hijos a puñaladas y quedó libre tras pasar 30 años recluida" (in Spanish). BBC News Mundo. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  6. ^ Venegas Alarcón, Sergio A.; Alcalá Cabrera, Lorena (27 April 2009). "La Casa 408 de Hacienda del Vegil". Diario de Querétaro (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Claudia Mijangos: la mujer que sacudió Querétaro". Ciudadypoder.com.mx. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2016.