Ash Kelley

Yeah.

What remained of the Hernandez leadership turned to Adolfo Constanzo, the Cuban-American leader of the criminal organization that was dubbed Los Narcos Satanicos, the Narco Satanists.

As one of the more feared and dangerous gangs in the region, Adolfo Constanzo's group operated less like a criminal syndicate and more like a religious cult.

Okay.

Yeah.

And it was all oriented around Constanzo, who was known as the godfather, and his quote-unquote high priestess, Sarah Maria Aldrete Villarreal.

I really hope I'm saying these pronunciations correctly.

I looked them up.

So, yeah.

Interesting.

Okay.

Now, at first, the deal that was struck between Constanzo and the remaining Hernandez family members was just for simple protection.

But before long, the remaining Hernandez family members basically were absorbed into the narco-Satanists.

Okay.

So as soon as they received the report about Mark Kilroy, who had disappeared in Matamoros, it occurred to investigators that he could have been kidnapped by one of the local gangs.

That was one of the first things on everybody's radar.

Publicly, Mexican authorities, quote, tried to claim that Kilroy must have vanished in Brownsville because they were aware that news of another kidnapped tourist was going to hurt the local economy, which was already hurting.

But behind closed doors, more than a few people brought up Adolfo Constanzo and the Hernandez family.

And sadly, they knew that if Mark had been kidnapped by the narco-Satanists, there was very little hope that they would get him back alive if they ever even got him back at all.

That's worst case scenario.