LJ Idol Week 7: Juliana Guadalupe Sanchez Mena

One Friday, in Tlaxixinca, towards the end of the rainy season, when the tree branches hung heavy with fruit and the hills were full of shadows, Juliana Guadalupe Sanchez Mena made a deal with Mixcoatl, the serpent god of war. The deal was this: that no bullet shot from the gun of a conquistador would ever pierce her flesh, that no bullet shot from her rifle would miss, and that Maria Jose Martinez Lopez would love her until the day of her death. In exchange, Juliana Guadalupe promised that her soul and the souls of her daughters would, for seven generations, belong to Mixcoatl, devil to the Spaniards and devourer of men. Then, Juliana Guadalupe took up her rifle, armed the women in her village, and burned the Spaniards to the ground.

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