Castle of Purity (criminal case)

Castle of Purity
Datec. 1941–1959
LocationMexico City, Mexico
TypeChild abuse, false imprisonment, slavery
PerpetratorRafael Pérez Hernández

"Castle of Purity" (Spanish: El Castillo de la Pureza) was a child abuse and slavery case that occurred in Mexico City in the late 1950s. It was perpetrated by Rafael Pérez Hernández, a rat poison manufacturer who locked up his family for 18 years inside an old, dilapidated home in Mexico City's northwestern outskirts.

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