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Francisco Guerrero Pérez (1840–1910), also known in the media as "Antonio Prida," "El Chalequero," "The Mexican Bluebeard," "The Consulado River Strangler," "The Consulado River Ripper," and "The Mexican Ripper," was a Mexican rapist and serial killer in the late 19th century. He was the first serial killer to be captured in Mexico, although he was not the country's first recorded serial killer. Guerrero killed approximately twenty women in Mexico City between 1880 and 1888. He also killed one woman whose status as a prostitute has been inconsistently reported. Guerrero and Jack the Ripper were contemporaries and their modus operandi were similar—some authors compare the two men.

Early life and adulthood
Francisco Guerrero Pérez was born in the Bajío region of Mexico in 1840. He was the eleventh child of an impoverished family, with his childhood marked by an absent father and a physically abusive mother.

In 1862, the twenty-two-year-old migrated to Mexico City, where he worked as a cobbler (although some sources claim that he worked as a butcher).

At some point, he married a woman named Maria, with whom he had 4 children. Pérez later moved his family to the colony of Peralvillo where he would reside until his arrest in 1888. Locals in the area noted that Pérez would dress in a quirky, but elegant style; always wearing cashmere-fitted pants, multi-colored sashes, and charro vests. Pérez was widely known to be promiscuous, carrying on multiple affairs with various women. Occasionally, he would elicit the services of local prostitutes to satisfy his sexual appetite. It was thought that he also worked as a pimp for the local prostitutes in the area.

Murders
From 1880 to 1888, the mutilated remains of various women were discovered on the banks of the Consulate River (an artificial channel fed by the Pánuco River). A majority of the 20 victims discovered were never identified, and only the identities of 7 were uncovered.

Pérez would approach his victims, usually prostitutes under the pretext of hiring them to have sex with him. After engaging in sexual intercourse with them, Pérez would grow aggressive, threatening and beating the victim before murdering them by either strangling them or cutting their throats. He would then tan the victim's skin using a knife before throwing their remains into the Consulate river. In some cases, Pérez would completely sever the victim's heads in a possible attempt to hide the victim's identity.