European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 06, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Detective sgt. Alan l Alves of Freetown mass., stands by a Large Rock with Burn Marks which is thought to have been used for sacrificial rites. By Sonni Efron associated press the ritual slayings of 15people by a drug smuggling Ting Northern Mexico underscore the need lot re juice to be irame to  All i Nido of occult cart i according to a growing group of cult copy. While the Talamore a Oiriyr-g1, Apter entry had nothing to do with Devil Otonie Sal urns in has become a hot topic in u 5 Law the or orc it o Cle j  enforces int cd .  nor an increase in Rop i is of Stan a Grafitti. Anir Iii mutilations and signs that occult Noti. Have Tal or pics b1 it Surro a the it Cal berth o a inc Faircl nonce Hoiness a seminar on aug Man and crime sponsored by the Connecticut state poln.0 n april attracted More Tolian 300 polio. Officers Iron All Over now England who wanted to learn How to distinguish serious satanists from eco air pranks lets and How to respond to each  Enlora Menf of  in the United Stales Are running articles describing a satanic threat and telling police How to spot evidence at crime scenes thai might be overlooked by those unfamiliar with cull practices among the new Breed of cull cops sometimes derided As ghost buyers by their colleagues is detective sgt Alan l. Alves of Freetown mass. Akes  made an arrest Lor a satanic crime and has found no evidence of human sacrifices but he s convinced such ritual murders Are occurring the organized satanists leave absolutely no  Alves says they re killing that s what they believe in they have to make sacrifices they re killing babies the Matamoros killings wore not related to satanism according to Thomas wedge a former Union. Ohio Deputy sheriff and the author of Trio satan Hunter wedge makes his living lecturing about satanism mainly to Law enforcement groups wedge reached in Balon Rouge la where he was conducting a seminar Lor the occult crimes satanism becomes hot topic state police said the Matamoros filters were practising a Black magic version Obriena an afro Caribbean religion. This is not an isolated Case by any  he said adding that he knows of at Toast one other ritual killing by drug dealers. Wedge said Bruzena is practice by Many cuban criminals who came to the United states on the Mariel boat lilt other experts dispute wedge s Contention that Bru Jeria was to blame among them is Robert d. Hicks a criminal Justice analyst for the state of Virginia and a former police officer in Tucson ariz., where he had firsthand experience with drug smugglers and Bru Jeria which gets its name from the Spanish word for Witch Bruno Bruno who Are found in the Caribbean Mexico and in hispanic communities All Over the United states Are Witch doctors or Wise men who May also practice some magic Hicks says but the vast majority Are peaceful and Law abiding. Hicks says the Matamoros killers May have drawn on elements o the religion to Promise their followers magical immunity to bullets. Or the cull leaders including Alfonso de Jesus Constanzo. A cuban american May have just had an appetite for blood and wanted to terrorize competitors and police in Northern Mexico drug trafficking is intensely competitive Hicks says. Nobody knows at the moment if Constanzo actually has some deep abiding Faith that pushed him to commit these crimes or if he was just a Slick operator who made it up As he went along Hicks who is writing a Book critical of the satanism scare in Law enforcement circles says the real danger is that police May begin trampling on the religious freedoms of those who practice non Christian beliefs even though there is no evidence of criminality. The Fri s chief expert on cult crime Kenneth v. Lanning and other Law enforcement officials contacted around the country said there is no solid evidence that crimes committed by satan worshippers Are Page 16 the stars and stripes saturday May 6, 1989