The Imagined Underworld: Sex, Crime, and Vice in Porfirian Mexico City

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Index Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. abortion, 146–47, 149–50, 152–53 Abrego, Federico, 162, 181; career of, 34, 131, 132, 140; case against, 147–48; imprisonment of, 148–53; letter of, to Salomé Ruiz, 143–44; newspaper coverage of, 145–46; relationship of, with María Barrera, 141, 142, 147–48; trial of, 151–53; witnesses against, 149, 150–52 Agostoni, Claudia, 140 Aguilar, María Josefa, 101 Aguirre, Ignacio, 117 Aguirre, Juan C., 51, 61, 62–63 Albeitero, Mariano, 102, 103, 104–6, 107, 109 alcohol consumption: crime and, 40, 48, 67, 90–91, 94, 119; by the poor, 23–30, 134, 135; by women, 53–54, 64 Altamira, Francisco, 140, 147, 148–49 Alvarado, Salvador, 92 Álvarez, Tomasa, 44–45 Anderson, Benedict, 3 Antonio “El Chaleco,” 60 Arnold, David, 138 Arroyo, Arnulfo, 4, 35, 154; arrest of, 164; assault of, on Porfirio Díaz, 155, 161–64; murder of, 155–56, 164–65, 171–74; police involvement in death of, 164–69 Avila, Cleotilde, 91 Barrera, Ana, 141–42 Barrera, Juan, 141 Barrera, María, 181; autopsy of, 146, 148–49; exhumation of, 144–46; illness of, 141–42, 149–50, 151–52; investigation into death of, 131, 132, 140; relationship of, with Federico Abrego, 138, 141, 142 Barrio del Niño Perdido, 22 Bashford, Alison, 136, 145 Battalla, Diodoro, 176 Beezley, William H., 2, 34 Belén prison, 35–37, 135–36 Bellido, Manuel, 168, 171–72 Belmonte, María, 137–38 Bentham, Jeremy, 36 Berger, Amadeo, 141, 147–48, 151 Berriozábal, Felipe, 166, 175 Bertillon, Alphonse, 74 Blancarte, Elpidia, 41 Bliss, Catherine, 29 bordellos, 30, 101. See also prostitutes Bravo, Luis G., 172, 174 Brilanti, José María, 98–99, 104–5 Brilanti robbery: arrests for, 102; convictions for, 109–11; events of, 98–100, 104–5; investigation of, 101–2; Jesús del Raso gang and, 102–6; money from, 106–11 214 Index Buena Vista, 182 Buenrrostro, Gregorio, 75–76 Buffington, Robert, 109 Bulnes, Francisco, 29 Caballero, Aurelio, 115–26 Cabrera, Miguel, 94, 112, 114, 129; Arnulfo Arroyo and, 165–68, 172–73; death of, 177; in literature, 179 Canal de la Viga, 21 Candelaria de los Patos, 21, 133 Carballeda, Luis, 164; appointment of, as inspector general, 157; and La Profesa Jewelry Store robbery, 112, 113–14, 115–16; newspaper coverage of, 129; trial of, 127–28 Carmen, 18 Carmillo, José María, 92 casas de cita, 82–83 Castañeda, Francisco, 159–60 Castillo, Manuel, 101 cemeteries, 134–35 Cervantes, Antonio, 168 “El Chalequero.” See Guerrero, Francisco Chapela, Manuel, 28 Chapultepec Castle, 23 Chavarria, José Concepcíon, 112 children, 75–76, 137–38, 159–60 Chopo, 20 Chumacero, Antonio, 100 Clayton, Powell, 168–69 colonias: peripheral, 18–21, 134, 182; wealthy, 22–23. See also specific colonias Comonfort, Jesús, 101 Compañía Expendedora de Pulques, 29 Comte, Auguste, 2 Condesa, 19 Corona, Clemente, 125 Corral, Ramón, 28 Cortés, Florencio, 175 crime(s): against children, 75–76, 137–38, 159–60; alcohol consumption and, 26–27, 40, 48, 53–54, 67, 90–91, 94, 119; among middle class, 70, 155, 162–63, 181; committed by women, 76–80; drug abuse and, 42; exhumations and, 138–39, 144–46; fear of, 8–10; organized, 110–11, 130; of passion, 40–43, 71–72, 73–75, 87–88; sexual, 42–44; waves of, in Mexico City, 5, 98, 158, 181–82. See also gambling ; murder; prostitutes; robberies Crimenes celebres (Robleto), 179 Cruz, Jacinto, 114 Cuéllar, Cándido, 166–67, 172, 174 de Fornaro, Carlo, 175, 176 de la Hoz, Manuel F., 79 del Raso, Eduardo, 101 del Raso, Jesús, 100–101, 102–6, 108–11 del Raso, Rafael, 101 del Raso, Teodoro, 100, 101 Del Rastro, 18 Díaz, Félix, 64 Díaz, Porfirio: Arnulfo Arroyo and, 155, 161–64; and arrest of Eduardo Velásquez, 166; criticism of, 156; enemies of, 34; Francisco Guerrero’s sentence appealed to, 62; Luis Yzaguirre ’s sentence appealed to, 94–95; Mexico City police and, 157, 160–61, 170; power of, 97, 180; rise of, 2, 46 Dolores Cemetery, 37, 134–35, 144 Domínguez, Juan, 92 Domínguez, Sabino, 93 drug abuse, 42 Duran, Dolores, 138–39 elites: depictions of domestic violence by, 42–43; drinking, gambling, and prostitution among, 23; fascination of, with crime among lower class, 42–43, 72–73, 180–81; fascination of, with La Bolsa, 12–13, 16...