1 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:04,360 Speaker 1: Before we jump in, we must warn you this episode 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:08,400 Speaker 1: contains content such as sexual abuse that may be disturbing 3 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: to some people. Listener discretion is advised. Picture this December 4 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:26,479 Speaker 1: nineteen eighty one, Puertoayarta, Mexico. Flowers are in full bloom 5 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: and you can hear the sound of waves crushing below 6 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:32,840 Speaker 1: the cliffs of the villa's gardens. What Moises Padilla does 7 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 1: not notice the beautiful scenery Moises here. Samuel call for 8 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: him from the balcony of the mansion, telling him to 9 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: come inside, but Moises ignores him. He is too busy 10 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:48,520 Speaker 1: looking for a rock, a big one, a rock heavy 11 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 1: enough to bush the head of some oil into a 12 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: pulp and kill him. 13 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 2: Mal Joannes Momento sipence matarlotamente pince mata. 14 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 3: I felt awful. All I could think about was killing him. 15 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 3: I looked at a rock and thought I'll kicked him 16 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,680 Speaker 3: in his knots and break his face with that stone. 17 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 3: But I stopped. I told myself, no, no, no, If 18 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 3: I do that, he'll end up a martyr and I'll 19 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 3: be in jail for the rest of my life, or 20 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:19,479 Speaker 3: be killed in prison by the followers of the Light 21 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 3: of the World. 22 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 1: I imagine the memory of that rock flashed through Moises's 23 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: head seventeen years later as he lay completely naked, bruce 24 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: and bleeding on to call asphalt in the middle of nowhere. 25 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 1: If Moises had chosen action over mercy back then, he 26 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:44,400 Speaker 1: might have avoided this particular fate. Viciously stabbed over sixty 27 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: times and left for dead on the side of a 28 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: deserted road on the outskirts of Wallajara, Mexico, Moyses caught 29 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: a glimpse of his attackers. The men held bent on 30 00:01:55,080 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: destroying his life, and one of them. He recognized that 31 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: man is what this story is all about. As the 32 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 1: men walked away, Moses felt himself living his body, but 33 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:13,119 Speaker 1: he would survive, and so would his plan for revenge. 34 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: I'm Robert T. Garza, and this is Sacred Scandal, Season two. 35 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: La Us del Mundo, Episode two, Left for Dead. Moses 36 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 1: Padilla grew up in the seventies and eighties Inner Moosa Provincia, 37 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: a neighborhood in the Mexican city of Wallajare Inner Moosa Provincia. 38 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:52,679 Speaker 1: All of Moyses's friends, neighbors, teachers, basically everybody belonged to 39 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 1: Lalus del Mundo or l DM for short. Moses was 40 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 1: born into a church family. Mother joined after meeting his mother, 41 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 1: Maria and Moises's grandmother. Maria's mother had been a member, 42 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: serving under the original apostle, Aaron, who founded the church 43 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: in the nineteen twenties. We'll hear more about Aron later, 44 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 1: but for now, what you need to know is this. 45 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: In the nineteen eighties, LLDM was growing. Samuel Jaquin had 46 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: taken the reins in the nineteen sixties after his father's 47 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 1: Aaron's death, and Samuel had big plans. Under Samuel's leadership, 48 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: the church was booming, expanding internationally and consolidating its importance 49 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 1: and clouds in Mexico. Unlike his father, Aaron, Samuel treated 50 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 1: LLM like a corporation, establishing clear hierarchies within the church, 51 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: pushing for its international expansion, and consolidating a strict code 52 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: of conduct for members. Life insider Mossa Provincia was structured 53 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: around the church, and Moises Padilla's life was no different. 54 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: As a boy, he founded and led the church's youth choir. 55 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: He attended services three times a day, and in his 56 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 1: spare time, he collected money for the temple. Unlike any 57 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: good believer. Moses, his friends and family revered the Apostles 58 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: sa Molhoakin like a god for Moises. Being born into 59 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 1: a church family came with certain privileges. As a kid, 60 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: Moses was often invited to someone's house the Casagrande or 61 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: great house, to play with some Moelhuakin's children, or, as 62 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 1: church insiders called them, the royal Princess. Moses felt very 63 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: proud to be a part of it all. On one 64 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,719 Speaker 1: of those visits, when Moses was sixteen years old, some 65 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 1: well invited Moises to stay for lunch that was considered 66 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 1: a rare blessing. The apostles served a beautiful lobster meal 67 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: and then invited Moises to drive him to his beach 68 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: house in Portoayarta, several hours away. This was a true 69 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: honor for Moises and his family could not be refused. 70 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: To drive from Gualajara to Portoyerta is scenic. Two hundred 71 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: miles of lush mountains transport you from one of the 72 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: densest cities in Mexico to the Pacific Ocean. But Moises 73 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: did not notice the gorgeous plains or mountains. He was 74 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 1: disturbed by the man next to him. Samuel Juaquin, his apostle, 75 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 1: his leader, a trusted family friend, suddenly put his hand 76 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 1: on Moises's leg and began to move it upwards, and 77 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 1: he did not stop. By the time they arrived at 78 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 1: the beach house, Moises was trembling. He remembers being aroused 79 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:41,119 Speaker 1: and feeling terribly ashamed. Things only got warse inside the house. 80 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: After it was all over, Moses ran outside to the 81 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 1: garden and threw up. 82 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 4: Or yo yovnia. 83 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 3: All I could do was cry. 84 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: Moys says, was upset and tried to comfort him. 85 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 4: Yeah as in Musi and said no, no, there was 86 00:05:59,440 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 4: a pilt. 87 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 3: He was very tender. He told me, no, no, you 88 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 3: must not feel bad because today you have learned the 89 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:09,719 Speaker 3: secrets of a servant of God. I asked, what secrets 90 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 3: you have a wife? This is not an act of God, 91 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 3: he says. You must understand that I'm an angel. Angels 92 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 3: do not have sex. We can enjoy a man or 93 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:19,480 Speaker 3: a woman. 94 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: Samoltolmois says that what had taken place between them was 95 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 1: not profane, but divine, not rape, but a blessing. And 96 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,480 Speaker 1: then he told musays one other very important. 97 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:37,280 Speaker 2: Thing, nulidigas nada to Papa Nia tu sermanus nulisdigas na. 98 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:40,559 Speaker 3: Don't say anything to your dad or your brothers. Don't 99 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 3: tell them anything, because if they leave the church, you 100 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,160 Speaker 3: will be responsible for their condemnation. 101 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:51,919 Speaker 1: Back in Wajara, Monses kept the abuse his secret. He 102 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: told no one, not his parents or his sisters. The 103 00:06:56,279 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: apostle had warned him that if he talked about what 104 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 1: had happened, he and his family would be damned to hell. 105 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:07,279 Speaker 1: Shortly after his return, his fourteen year old sister Martha 106 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: began acting strangely. She started wetting her bed, She stopped showering, 107 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: combing her hair, and washing her clothes. 108 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:20,679 Speaker 4: One of mister Romanda's Martha me, one. 109 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 3: Of my sisters, tells me that she is leaving home. 110 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 3: She didn't want to tell me why. 111 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 1: Concerned, Mosses pressed Martha for more details. At first, Martha 112 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: refused to tell him anything, but little by little the 113 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: truth came out, and soon an alliance formed between Muises 114 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 1: and Martha. It was then the brother and sisters started 115 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 1: a lifelong journey putting together the pieces of generations of 116 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: abuse that went far beyond brother and sister. We'll get 117 00:07:53,280 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: to that very soon. What Moyses learned from Martha's confession 118 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: was that his sister had a story very similar to his. 119 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 4: Own e Medico Quez Amoeila. 120 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 3: And then she says that Samuel had raped her and 121 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 3: that her mother had taken her when she was only thirteen. 122 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 1: Martha's strange behavior began just after this encounter. Like Mois says, 123 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 1: Martha was sworn to secrecy, threatened with the condemnation of 124 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 1: their entire family to hell if she told. But unlike Moises, 125 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:34,199 Speaker 1: she was given to the apostle willingly by her mother. 126 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 1: And then Martha told, Mois says. 127 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:41,560 Speaker 3: And it turns out that my mother also offered herself 128 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 3: in at the age of thirteen. 129 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 1: His own mother, Maria, had been raped as a girl 130 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: by Ron SAME's father, an El d M's founder its 131 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 1: very first Apostle. She had been taken by her mother, 132 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 1: Moises's grandmother. All his life, moys has had heard the rumors. 133 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:05,959 Speaker 1: Rumors of the Apostles had once assault on his own stepsister, 134 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 1: not yet twelve years old, of erotic costume parties the 135 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 1: handmaid and arranged for Samuel's birthdays. He also remembered the 136 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 1: young pretty girl Samuel surrounded himself with and the older 137 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: handmaiden who always seemed to watch them like hawks. Rumors 138 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: that the faithful listening obediently to their pastors dismissed as 139 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:31,559 Speaker 1: the work of evil apostates speaking for Satan. But Moyses 140 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:34,960 Speaker 1: couldn't deny the rumors any more. He was both witness 141 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 1: and evidence. How to move forward with this knowledge, however, 142 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:44,560 Speaker 1: would not be easy. In l D, m accusations are hushed, punished, 143 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 1: and denied from generation to generation. At the church. The 144 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 1: mere mention of the apostles in proprieties is considered the 145 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 1: gravest of sins, meriting eternal damnation in heaven and a 146 00:09:55,960 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 1: harsh response from the Church on Earth. Members who leave 147 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:05,679 Speaker 1: the church are exiled and called impure an apostles. It's 148 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 1: been two years since an incident with some will in Portoyata, 149 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 1: two years of tough, horrifying revelations that hut turned Moyses's 150 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 1: world upside down. He was now eighteen. He began saving money. 151 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 1: He planned to leave the church and his family for good, 152 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 1: but he couldn't stop thinking of his sister Martha, his 153 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 1: new baby sister Miriam. Living would save himself, but not them, 154 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 1: nor any other believer. He had to tell the truth, 155 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:36,080 Speaker 1: starting with his. 156 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 4: Father innocent momento with look at you. 157 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 3: And at that moment, what I did was to save 158 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 3: some money in case my father did not believe us. 159 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 3: What I did was to prepare everything to rent an 160 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 3: apartment and take my sister with me in case my 161 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 3: father kicked us out of the house, which is the 162 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 3: most common thing that happens in this cult. 163 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 1: Moises braced himself for a confrontation. After a couple of 164 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 1: months of washing cars and tending houses, he was ready 165 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 1: for the worst. Moyses approached his father and told him. 166 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 2: Everything afuntek jo Ablo dees to commit. 167 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 3: Fortunately, when I talked to my father about this, he 168 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 3: listens to me. 169 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 1: Not only did his father believe him, he agreed to 170 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 1: leave the church with his son and young daughters. His 171 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 1: mother and older sister, Magdalena were less understanding. They called 172 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 1: moisays on his father liars and sinners and decided to 173 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 1: stay put by Samuel's side. 174 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 4: They prefily Glesia nolin Porto. 175 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:40,439 Speaker 3: She chose the church over everything. She left my baby sister, 176 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 3: and he didn't FaZe her. Miriam was only three years old. 177 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 3: Can you imagine she didn't care that she was choosing 178 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:50,439 Speaker 3: to stay in that church over her three year old daughter. 179 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:54,199 Speaker 1: For the first time in his life, Moyses was free. 180 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:57,440 Speaker 1: He felt relieved to be out from under the control 181 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:00,680 Speaker 1: of the apostles and the rest of the flock. However, 182 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:03,319 Speaker 1: he was not satisfied with simply walking away. 183 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 4: He wanted justice daima Nazi in La. 184 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 3: Of course, it was only natural that I'd come up 185 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 3: with a plan of attack as strategy to put him 186 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:15,559 Speaker 3: in jail. I was focused. 187 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 1: At twenty years old, Moyses started studying law, believing that 188 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 1: this was the way to bring Samoil and LDM down. 189 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 1: His father, Primitivo, a judge, gave him a reality check. 190 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 3: No, I didn't finish my law degree because of my father, 191 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:37,840 Speaker 3: and with good reason. He would tell me that the 192 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 3: country's laws existed but were rarely enforced. 193 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:43,560 Speaker 1: Primitivo then offered to help his son with his plan. 194 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,079 Speaker 4: Lo mimo medisee almost. 195 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 3: He says to me, let's investigate the families that have left, 196 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 3: the ones they call impure. 197 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:54,840 Speaker 1: So Moises and his father, in order to form a 198 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 1: clear picture of the scope of someone's abuses, reached out 199 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:00,720 Speaker 1: to other families that had already they left the church. 200 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 4: Musimos lat the carculas familias. 201 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 3: We talked to those families and it was a river 202 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 3: of tears, every one of them relieved the suffering sam 203 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:12,679 Speaker 3: Well had custom. 204 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:16,720 Speaker 1: Together, father and son began building a case against LLEDM, 205 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 1: one that would show the abuses were not exceptional, but 206 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 1: built into the church's operations, crimes that required the church's 207 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:30,439 Speaker 1: institutional oversight and protection to be enacted and covered up. Primitivo. 208 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 1: Tolmis says that they must do this work in secrets 209 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:36,959 Speaker 1: until their case was strong enough, because once they went public, 210 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 1: his father warned it would not be easy. 211 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 3: Matta, they will kill you. 212 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 1: Ever since the church's earliest days, LDM had carefully cultivated 213 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 1: its earthly power. When Apostle ar Owned founded the church 214 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,840 Speaker 1: back in the nineteen twenties, Mexico was governed by the PRI, 215 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:10,440 Speaker 1: a single ruling party that held unchecked power for over 216 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: seventy years, basically a dictatorship with little to know governmental 217 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 1: checks or balances. What the ruling class wanted it got. 218 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: LEDM worked willingly with the PRI. When the PRI needed 219 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 1: something like a large number of people to attend rallies 220 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 1: for the campaign work, or a huge base mobilized to 221 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:34,400 Speaker 1: vote one way or another. PRI only had to phone 222 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 1: up the Apostle and say the word, and LEDM would 223 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 1: quickly deploy its thousands of believers. It was not uncommon 224 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 1: to have one hundred percent of her most provincials votes 225 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 1: go to PRI. This relationship worked both ways. Pr got 226 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 1: to use ledm's base, and LEDM was able to operate 227 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 1: not only undisturbed by government authorities, but openly aided by them. 228 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 1: For example, when Samuel decided to build a giant temple 229 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 1: in Hermosa Provincia in nineteen eighty one, the plan encountered 230 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 1: no pushback, no red tape, no pesky inspectors, and a 231 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 1: full tax exemption. Add a corrupt political structure to a 232 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:18,960 Speaker 1: massive cult. Following and Yu get l uzel Mundo, an 233 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 1: organization operating almost totally outside the law, yet in plain 234 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 1: sight uncrackable. As former church insiders, Moyses and his father knew, 235 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 1: it would not be easy to find justice. The pair 236 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 1: spent over five years building their first case. They gathered 237 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 1: testimonial after testimonial of the Apostle's abuses and corruption. 238 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:44,760 Speaker 4: Nopalsindo Juez said Toma Multovo. 239 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 3: As a judge. My father summoned up all his courage 240 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 3: and political connections and attempted to file a criminal case 241 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 3: against them. 242 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 1: Will Finally, Muses and his father filed acclaim against Samuel 243 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 1: Juaquin for abuse. 244 00:15:57,120 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 3: No no longer, but that ultimately fails. 245 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 1: So they went back to the families and survivors, gathered 246 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 1: more evidence, fathered another lawsuit, and another and another. Every 247 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: single time, I says, and his father got stuck in 248 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 1: one bureaucratic nightmare after another, bumped from office to office 249 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 1: in a whirlwind of lost papers and misplaced evidence. After 250 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 1: several fell lawsuits, Moses's father decided to pull some strings. 251 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 1: Perhaps they could not win in Wallajara, so maybe they 252 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 1: should try their luck in Mexico City. They hopped on 253 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: a plane to visit an old schoolmate of his dad's, 254 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 1: a high profile politician and tamin AD minister. 255 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 4: Fum in Nocuiso. He at a COI. 256 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 3: We went to his office, but he wanted nothing to 257 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 3: do with it. It got heated and he ended up 258 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 3: throwing my dad out of his office. He said he 259 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 3: was busy and he had no time for this nonsense. 260 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 3: He told him not to start trouble with religious leaders, 261 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 3: they're untouchable in Mexico. 262 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: In nineteen ninety four, twelve years after Moyses and his 263 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 1: father left the church, mister Padilla passed away without saying 264 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:11,879 Speaker 1: his children get any justice. Before he died, he shared 265 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 1: something with his son that has to find Moyses's life 266 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:14,960 Speaker 1: ever since. 267 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:19,119 Speaker 4: Dreguerdo and Papa as in. 268 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 2: Siundia, dios toga to puerpo para kessum baso. 269 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 3: I remember my dad telling me, if God calls you 270 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 3: one day to be the vessel that brings justice for 271 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 3: all the children that have been raped, for all elderly 272 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:34,160 Speaker 3: that had their homes taken away, and for all the parents' 273 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 3: outrage over their heritage, you must do it. Don't be afraid, 274 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 3: just do it. Nothing will happen to you. 275 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:44,120 Speaker 1: Moyses knew that to defeat el DM he would need 276 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:48,879 Speaker 1: a better plan. Anonymous testimonials would not be enough. He 277 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 1: teamed up with Fernando Flores, the church's longtime archivist and historian. 278 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: Flores helped Mouses find survivors willing to speak out publicly 279 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:01,199 Speaker 1: against l DM, no matter the cost. By the end 280 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 1: of the summer of nineteen ninety seven, the newly formed 281 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 1: Front was ready. 282 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:09,119 Speaker 4: El gurupido. The Valiantes has to be on the paramison 283 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:10,400 Speaker 4: as it was a. 284 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 3: Small, brave group of people. In my eyes, they were heroes. 285 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 3: It was a tough time. There was no social media, 286 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:20,359 Speaker 3: and we knew that we were facing a political and 287 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:21,399 Speaker 3: economic monster. 288 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 1: Moises and the other members of the group went on 289 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 1: to file criminal complaints in Mexico City. They knew they 290 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:31,960 Speaker 1: were likely to be rejected or indefinitely archived by the authorities, 291 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:36,359 Speaker 1: but this time they got receipts. 292 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:38,920 Speaker 4: Nonos geria acetarla de nuncia. 293 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 3: They did not want to accept the complaints, and we 294 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:44,719 Speaker 3: knew they wouldn't. We believed that the best option at 295 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 3: that point was to have the attorney's stamp and signature. 296 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 3: We wanted the time and date stamped right then and 297 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:59,399 Speaker 3: there in his office, and so we played dumb and 298 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 3: act like we weren't sure if they could do us 299 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 3: the favor. We were ensure they would give us a 300 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 3: receipt acknowledging the complaint, but they gave it to us 301 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:08,200 Speaker 3: as planned. 302 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:12,119 Speaker 1: Their filing went nowhere, but this time Moises and his 303 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:16,679 Speaker 1: group would use Mexico's bureaucratic nightmare to their advantage. With 304 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:19,719 Speaker 1: the documents in hand, they went on newsrooms and national 305 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:23,640 Speaker 1: talk shows publicly denouncing the Apostle and LDM for abuse. 306 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:27,439 Speaker 1: Sam Oil and LDM tried to get in front of 307 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:30,960 Speaker 1: the story, but the damage was inescapable. They went from 308 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 1: the nile to full bloom panic. Some Oil and his 309 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:37,359 Speaker 1: minions even attempted to buy up all the newspapers covering 310 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 1: the subject in Wallajara and destroy them, but it was pointless. 311 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 1: The story was everywhere more on that after the break 312 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,160 Speaker 1: Moises on the group had chosen to sidestep the inefficient 313 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 1: and corrupt legals system and go straight to the court 314 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 1: of public opinion. After appearing on some of the most 315 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 1: important newscasts in the country like televisas, the Traslanatissia and 316 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:12,639 Speaker 1: SAW the Mexico and the Luni Versal, the group was 317 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 1: overwhelmed with requests for interviews by newspapers, radio stations, and 318 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:21,160 Speaker 1: TV channels. They could feel the tides changing. Their next 319 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:25,359 Speaker 1: step was a big public action, a hunger strike. In 320 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 1: the winter of nineteen ninety seven, Moises and a group 321 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:32,359 Speaker 1: of ledm's defectors set up camping downtown Mexico City. Write 322 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:36,440 Speaker 1: under what amounts to Mexico's Homeland Security Offices, the offices 323 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:39,400 Speaker 1: that in the country grant any annual churches a license 324 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:43,840 Speaker 1: to operate on Mexican soil. The Hunger's strike was not easy. 325 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:48,160 Speaker 1: There was no rest at the campsite. Ledm members constantly 326 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:52,159 Speaker 1: harassed them. They threw thrush at the strikers, honked and 327 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:54,960 Speaker 1: shouted at all hours of the night, and even ran 328 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 1: their cars into the tents at the site. Moses had 329 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:02,439 Speaker 1: to maintain a constant vie vilence. But Moyses knew he 330 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:05,120 Speaker 1: was getting under the Apostle's skin when a lawyer showed 331 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 1: up with a briefcase. 332 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 4: Samuel Joaquin Mando la Luzel Mundo. 333 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:15,680 Speaker 3: Samuel Joaquim sent two of his lawyers from the light 334 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:18,399 Speaker 3: of the world with a four million dollar brivee. They 335 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 3: said that brother Samuel was upset and saddened by what 336 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:23,440 Speaker 3: he had done and the damage he had got to 337 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 3: the church. He sends this money as an apology and 338 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:28,680 Speaker 3: hopes we can put this matter to rest. 339 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:33,440 Speaker 1: When Moyses opened the briefcase, all he felt was rage. 340 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 3: Korah I was speechless until one of the lawyers told me, 341 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 3: it's a lot of money. Moy says, I'm normally not 342 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 3: a rude or nasty person, but at that moment I 343 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:49,399 Speaker 3: told him to take the damn money and go. I 344 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:51,920 Speaker 3: asked them to do me a huge favor and take 345 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:55,119 Speaker 3: every single one hundred dollar bill and stick it up 346 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 3: his ass. 347 00:21:56,400 --> 00:22:01,440 Speaker 1: A couple weeks later, Samuel's lawyer visited again, this time 348 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 1: with six million dollars. Again Moises refused. Immediately after, Mosas 349 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 1: was invited into Mexico's Homeland Security office for a private 350 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:15,440 Speaker 1: meeting with the Secretary of the Interior. 351 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:22,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, secretarial, and that's when the Secretary of the Interior 352 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,119 Speaker 3: yelled at me, insulted me, and asked if I had 353 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:28,000 Speaker 3: a visa for the United States. I told him yes. 354 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:30,760 Speaker 3: He told me to go to the United States and 355 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,119 Speaker 3: as a favor, I could go in a government plane. 356 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 3: Arriving in a government plane will ensure I wouldn't be searched. 357 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:41,120 Speaker 3: He said, take your money and get lost. I don't 358 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:44,480 Speaker 3: need you costing me any more problems. Then, with a 359 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:48,200 Speaker 3: straight face, he says, I know you're right, but there 360 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:50,800 Speaker 3: is no room in prison for so many Samolites. 361 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:53,720 Speaker 4: He's a miss Manocia for Pando mess question. 362 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,679 Speaker 3: That same night, I was kidnapped. 363 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 1: That night, who says returned home to Arajara. He was exhausted. 364 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: The hunger strike had gone nowhere. He was looking forward 365 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 1: to a couple of nights rest at home before regrouping 366 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 1: and deciding what to do next. That evening, when he 367 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,920 Speaker 1: stepped out to buy some groceries, six men jumped him 368 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 1: and shoved him into a car with tinted windows. He 369 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 1: imagined he would be taken to one of the tunnels 370 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:28,400 Speaker 1: or secret rooms hidden under Ledm's main temple, the one 371 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 1: Samuel had built in the nineteen eighties. But that's not 372 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:32,639 Speaker 1: what happened. 373 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:39,119 Speaker 4: La. He standoned and through the Losrangos. 374 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:41,400 Speaker 3: They took me to the farmland around Tonella, and that's 375 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 3: when they tortured me. 376 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:48,600 Speaker 1: They drove to the outskirts of the city into an 377 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 1: abandoned warehouse and proceeded to beat him furiously, yelling at 378 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 1: him that he should have kept his mouth shut, And 379 00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:58,400 Speaker 1: then several of them took out their. 380 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 3: Knives, and just as they're stabbing me, I'm freed and 381 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 3: Sante Sally. It was like an out of body experience. 382 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 3: I can look down at the six men about to torture. 383 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 1: Me, Moises says, he was able to clearly see his 384 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 1: attackers and that he knew they were federal police officers. 385 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 4: We have been since Cio pourque la luzel Mounto. 386 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 3: Simply put, the light of the world was connected and 387 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 3: pulled favors. Everyone knew that Samuela and his children had 388 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 3: bodyguards who were paid for by the government. 389 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 1: Most of the men he couldn't place, but there was 390 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:43,640 Speaker 1: one face he did recognize, a man Moisees had known 391 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:46,679 Speaker 1: all his life. He had often played with him as 392 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:47,240 Speaker 1: a little boy. 393 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,200 Speaker 4: Sally or mean Sante Sally. 394 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 3: My spiritual body comes out, or my consciousness comes out. 395 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:56,920 Speaker 3: I can look at the six who were going to 396 00:24:57,040 --> 00:25:01,159 Speaker 3: torture me. The truth is believe me didn't care. I 397 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 3: knew that I was going to a better place. 398 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:07,400 Speaker 1: But at that moment he was oblivious, floating between life 399 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 1: and death on experience. 400 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 3: It was a beautiful experience. The moment thinking energy meets 401 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:20,680 Speaker 3: your quantum energy. It's an energy most humans are unaware of. 402 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:24,479 Speaker 3: You exist, what you do, not have a body, You see, 403 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,920 Speaker 3: but have no eyes. You think, but you don't have 404 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:32,879 Speaker 3: a brain. It's something unique that breaks the loss of physics, chemistry, 405 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:34,400 Speaker 3: everything really. 406 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 1: After stabbing Moys says over sixty times, his neck, his 407 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 1: back and torso. The man carried his limb body back 408 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 1: to the van, drove a couple of miles and left 409 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 1: him for dead at the side of the road. What moisays, 410 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 1: didn't I he just spent three or four hours in 411 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 1: his beautiful out of body experience until he woke up 412 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:00,040 Speaker 1: naked and kicked. 413 00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:05,959 Speaker 2: Him blood dregreso a miguerpo. He medesa marro comens. 414 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 3: I woke up and untied myself. I started walking towards 415 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:15,440 Speaker 3: the road and eventually began crossing the Tonala Highway. I 416 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 3: stopped on the yellow line and sea lights coming towards me, 417 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 3: standing there naked, when hand covering my genitals and the 418 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:31,880 Speaker 3: other hand waving them to stop. Aji jo THEWN testimonial. 419 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:34,639 Speaker 3: They took me to a local police station. I didn't 420 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:37,560 Speaker 3: think i'd get another chance, so I gave a brief statement, 421 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 3: something that they could have on record. 422 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:44,399 Speaker 1: Afterwards, Monses is taken to a local hospital. It's done 423 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:48,440 Speaker 1: just a couple hours after his attack. Word gets out 424 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:52,760 Speaker 1: and his friends and family arrive, and so does Walajara's 425 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,600 Speaker 1: district attorney, el Era. 426 00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 3: He wasn't just a district attorney, but also a member 427 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:02,479 Speaker 3: of the Light of the World and even had family 428 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:04,240 Speaker 3: members that were part of the choir. 429 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 1: The district attorney cured Moyses's friends and family out of 430 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:11,480 Speaker 1: the room. Moyses was sure he had come to finish 431 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:16,400 Speaker 1: the job. Instead, he was offered another deal Meli. 432 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:21,640 Speaker 3: He asked me, how much will it take to shut 433 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:24,040 Speaker 3: you up? You're a thorn at my side, you son 434 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:26,480 Speaker 3: of a bitch. Just give me a number that will 435 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 3: shut you up and make you disappear. 436 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 1: Of course, Moyses refused, but it was clear his life 437 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 1: was in serious danger. He wanted to leave the hospital 438 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:39,520 Speaker 1: right then and there, but couldn't. He stayed at the 439 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:42,919 Speaker 1: clinic for almost a week, drifting in and out of consciousness. 440 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:47,639 Speaker 1: Shortly before he was discharged, the district attorney paid him 441 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:52,159 Speaker 1: another visit. Moses claimed his attackers were federalis, so in 442 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 1: order to prove him wrong, the district attorney brought a 443 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 1: set of headshots for Moises to identify. 444 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 3: For those, the district attorney came back with two albums 445 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:06,240 Speaker 3: full of tiny pictures. I looked through each one carefully 446 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:09,200 Speaker 3: and picked one guy out, then another, And as I 447 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 3: kept looking through, I pointed at six photos, six people 448 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:16,920 Speaker 3: I recognized in my kidnapping. Was it a coincidence that 449 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:20,200 Speaker 3: the same six judicial police officers had asked for the 450 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 3: day off on the day of my attack. Yeah, And 451 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:28,359 Speaker 3: even after picking them up, there was never an investigation. 452 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,480 Speaker 1: The men who attacked moys says, were never prosecuted for 453 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:35,720 Speaker 1: their crime, not even the one man whom moy says 454 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 1: is sure he so committed, the one he knew intimately 455 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 1: his childhood playmate, Samuel's own son, Nason ja King Garcia. 456 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:51,360 Speaker 3: I think Nason ordered the attack as a gift to Samuel. 457 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:53,720 Speaker 3: It was almost February fourteenth. 458 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 1: February fourteenth is Amael's birthday, and this. 459 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:01,800 Speaker 3: Was his way of owing his dad that he deserved 460 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:02,360 Speaker 3: to lead. 461 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:06,600 Speaker 1: Samo Jakin was never punished for his crimes. He died 462 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:11,040 Speaker 1: peacefully in Walahara in December twenty fourteen, surrounded by his wife, 463 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:17,240 Speaker 1: his children, attended by his many young handmaidens. Sixteen years 464 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,719 Speaker 1: after Moses identified him as one of the men who 465 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:23,280 Speaker 1: stabbed him less than a week after Samuel Hawkins's death, 466 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:28,760 Speaker 1: Nasan Juakin Garcia fulfilled his destiny, taking his rightful place 467 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:35,880 Speaker 1: as the present day leader of La uzel Mundo. Musespadeia 468 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:38,720 Speaker 1: spent forty days recovering and fled to the United States. 469 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:42,440 Speaker 1: In the year two thousand. He was granted asylum and 470 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:46,440 Speaker 1: given a new identity by the FBI, but his fight 471 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:47,040 Speaker 1: is not over. 472 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:49,440 Speaker 4: Years. 473 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:54,280 Speaker 3: I told myself I needed to go to the United 474 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:57,720 Speaker 3: States because that's where the church truly makes their money. 475 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,560 Speaker 3: That's where the immigrants are, where they earned dollars, and 476 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 3: more importantly, that's the country where I can leave a 477 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 3: permanent mark on the record. They'll forever be known as criminals. 478 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:13,040 Speaker 1: On our next episode, we learn how ledm became untouchable 479 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:16,720 Speaker 1: and how the founder Aroun convinced thousands of people he 480 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:20,840 Speaker 1: was second only to God. I think that the problem 481 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 1: is here is the sick mind. 482 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 3: And I believe that Aaron Elsebio essentially was a sick person, 483 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,960 Speaker 3: and he was a pedophile, and that he was a 484 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:33,840 Speaker 3: man from the army. 485 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:41,680 Speaker 1: He was a man of power. Sacred scandala uzel Mundo 486 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:45,360 Speaker 1: is a production of Exile Content Studio in partnership with 487 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:49,520 Speaker 1: Iheartsmichael Tura podcast Network, and is hosted by me Robert 488 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:53,240 Speaker 1: ta Garza, produced by Savin Jensen with the help of Estella, 489 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 1: I amt Reynald Gutierrez and an Isabel Octavio. Written by 490 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:03,920 Speaker 1: myself and Monissa Henri's research by Roberta Garza. Additional reporting 491 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:08,160 Speaker 1: by Florenzia monsals Geralcia. Fact checking for this episode by 492 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 1: Sean Merchant. Engineering by Uga Mendoza. Sound designed by Patrick Quiniones. 493 00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:18,800 Speaker 1: Original music by Patrick Hart, Edited by Vira Alsop and 494 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:24,840 Speaker 1: Rose Reed. 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