Milagroso Udilberto Vásquez

About this title

It recounts the last execution carried out by the state in Cajamarca. The Udilberto of the title was accused of the rape and subsequent murder of a minor in the town of Chota. He was sentenced to 25 years, but after his defense appealed, General Juan Velasco Alvarado ordered his execution on September 11, 1970. Thirty-six years after his death, Udilberto Vásquez is considered the most famous folk saint of Cajamarca.