Adolfo soon caught on and started following his stepfather’s footsteps by becoming apprenticed to a local sorcerer and begun practicing the religion. As Adolfo grew older, he became more troubled and started to be involved in drug dealing which led to him becoming a greater believer of Palo Mayombe. He believed that if he sacrificed animals such as chickens, goats, snakes, zebras, and lion cubs, that it would bring good luck and power to his drug dealing. Word got around of these “magical spells” and other cartels became interested and wanted to become clients of Adolfos. He began running a profitable business and soon felt the need for stronger luck which led him to seek human sacrifice. He got the attention of fourteen other individuals who would become part of his team who would help him carry out his goals of …show more content…
The were very firm believers of Palo Mayombe and actually thought that they were immortal to any outside forces. They believed that they could not be stopped and could do anything they wanted without getting into trouble. But it all went downhill for them when Mark Kilroy went missing which led to a huge police investigation. It had been a week and still the police couldn’t find anything, but all changed when one of the cult members came and confessed everything to them. (And keep in mind that they felt immortal and could not get in trouble). The police than followed the man to the ranch where they were carrying out their business and they couldn’t believe their eyes when they arrived. All three of the members of the cult were there and showed the police everything they needed to know, including Mark Kilroy’s body. Everybody from the cult was there, but not Constanzo which led to another huge police hunt. A couple weeks later, the police are responding to a crime in apartments of mexico city where Adolfo was staying. Now this crime was not at all directed towards Adolfo, but in his mind he believed the police had found him so he opened up his window and began firing endlessly. The shootout ends when Adolfo takes several machine gun bullets to the chest and dies