Juana Barraza

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Juana Barraza (b.1957) is a Mexican serial killer.

Barraza was arrested on January 25, 2006 while running away from a murder scene, on suspicion of being the serial killer known as Mataviejitas ("The Old Lady Killer"). Police said that fingerprint evidence linked her to at least 11 of the as many as 48 murders attributed to the killer. She confessed to murdering Ana María de los Reyes Alfaro and three others to the officials that arrested her, but denied involvement in other murders.

Her modus operandi consisted in approaching old ladies with the excuse of doing some social work for them; once inside the house she strangled them (usually with the first thing at hand such as a sock or telephone wire) and then stole some objects from the victims' house.

Police believes she had a partner in the murders (probably a cab driver) who is currently at large.

[edit] Trivia

• Before her arrest, Barraza was a professional wrestler called "The Silent Lady".

• Her crimes inspired episodes in the Mexican TV show Casos de la Vida Real.