![]() In Monterrey, the brothers found Magdalena Solís, described at the time as a “pretty teen-aged” woman working as a prostitute and Eleazar, her brother, who was working as her pimp. They headed to nearby Monterrey, the state capital, in order to find help. The brothers had two options run away to another town, or double-down and try to carry on the scam. Their rituals included consuming copious amounts of peyote, a type of hallucinogenic cactus, and taking many locals as sexual slaves.įor months, Santos and Cayetano were revered until there began to be unrest, and the people of Yerba Buena became impatient with the lack of noticeable improvement of life. Despite this, the locals believed the claims of the Hernandez brothers and began to help them set up temples and clearing out caves in the nearby mountains for their rituals. The Incas were not historically from Mexico, rather thousands of miles to the south in modern-day Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile and Colombia. They promised that, in the mountains there were hidden treasures, and they would be given to the villagers as long as they stayed devoted to the brothers. In exchange for prosperity, they asked the townspeople to worship them and provide them with tribute. These petty criminals preyed on the naivety of the locals by claiming to be prophets sent by powerful Incan gods. Candles were still used as the main light source at night. Cars were rarely seen in the area and there was little, if any, electricity at all. They were mostly cut off from the outside world and the inhabitants were nearly all illiterate. Yerba Buena in 1962 was a tiny farming community of around 50 individuals who all lived in poverty. Towards the end of 1962, they reached Yerba Buena, near Monterrey in Nuevo León. Santos and Cayetano Hernandez were two brothers who spent the early 1960s travelling around Mexico scamming and conning people in small towns out of money before they upped and left, moving on to the next and repeating. ![]() This was the last time either of them was seen alive. Despite initially being sceptical, the police sent investigator Luis Martinez with Sebastian to find out what was going on. What he saw caused him to immediately run to the nearest police station, approximately 17 miles away in the town of Villa Gran to inform them. Viewing is from 9:00am to 12:00pm, Rosary from 12:00pm to 1:00pm, Mass from 1:00pm to 2:00pm, and burial immediately following Mass.In May 1963, fourteen-year-old schoolboy Sebastian Guerrero was wandering around the mountains in the northeastern state of Nuevo León in Mexico, when he heard a significant amount of unusual noises coming from one of the caves. She was predeceased by her parents, and sisters Magdalena Adame, Esperanza Solis, Belen Mancillas, and Consuelo Lira.įuneral services will be held on March 28, 2022, at Santa Clara Cemetery & Mortuary, 2370 North H Street, Oxnard, CA 93036. She is survived by husband Jesus, daughters Juanita McBride, Sylvia Oehninger, and Amy Trejo grandchildren Nichelle Thrash, Joshua Duran, and Megan Duran great grandchildren Emily and Abigail Thrash, and brother Juan Hernandez. She will be remembered for her caring and accepting nature, devotion to her family, and cooking with love. She enjoyed reading, gardening, and spending time with family. She was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. She worked at Oxnard Frozen Foods for 23 years. She was a resident of Oxnard for 61 years, and became a US citizen in 1976. Trejo, were married for 70 years.īorn in Zacatecas, Mexico, she was the daughter of Juan and Maria de Jesus Hernandez. Oxnard - Piedad Hernandez Trejo, 87, passed away on March 2, 2022, at her home in Oxnard, CA.
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