Mexico Is Magical to Its Warlocks and Witches

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CATEMACO, Mexico — To kill a man, Alejandro Gallegos García explains, all you need is a black cloth doll, some thread, a human bone and a toad. Oh, and you must ask the devil permission, in person, at a cave in the hills where he is said to appear.

Assuming you have these things, plus the green light from the prince of darkness, you simply lash the doll to the bone, shove it down the unfortunate toad’s throat, sew up its lips and take the whole mess to a graveyard, reciting the proper words.

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There is much superstition still in Mexico and Central America. There is some good youtube links to bruja's and brujo's and thier beliefs. The spells they use are pretty brutal, a lot of killing of little animals like chickens and cats. There are some that go out to find what's left of these cast spells and dispell them. Pretty interesting.