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Modesto Trujillo with Sheriff Ross Salazar who apprehended him
Date/circa:  1936-02-06
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Subjects: Trujillo, Modesto; ; ; ;
Notes: Garcia, Blackington noted, "kneels in prayer at the sacred altar of the `Morado', or temple, of the fanatic Penitentes cult."Blackington noted that "16 year old Modesto Trujillo, a Spanish American youth, is reported to have confessed to the slaying [of writer Carl Taylor]" "Authorities believe the youth a tool of the cult."
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