José Miculax Bux
Guatemalan serial killer
About José Miculax Bux
Lived 1925 – 1946 (aged 20–21).
José María Miculax Bux (1925 – July 18, 1946), also known as the "El Monstruo de Guatemala" ("The Monster of Guatemala"), was a Guatemalan serial killer who was executed on July 18, 1946.
Biography José Miculax Bux was born in 1925 in Patzicía, Guatemala.
From January 1946 to April 1946, Miculax Bux and his cousin Mariano Macú Miculax killed fifteen boys aged ten to sixteen. The victims were sodomized and strangled to death after having their hands and neck bound by a rope.
Miculax Bux was arrested on April 26, 1946, after a description was given by an old woman and Mariano was arrested on April 27 in Antigua after two prior false arrests were made.
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Who was José Miculax Bux?
Guatemalan serial killer
When was José Miculax Bux born?
José Miculax Bux was born in 1925.
When did José Miculax Bux die?
José Miculax Bux died on 18 July 1946.
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