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STRANGE DAYS

TALES OF DARK SORCERY

Human sacrifice, football curses, Mexican monsters and Satanic abuse

HUMAN SACRIFICE

WhenVíctor Hugo Mica Alvarez, 30, passed out after a heavy drinking session at the opening of the Mother Earth Festival in El Alto, Bolivia, on 5 August, he might have expected some consequences the following morning. What he did not expect was to wake up 50 miles (80km) away in Achacachi, inside a coffin. “Last night was the preentry [of

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