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Mario Augusto Poggi Estremadoyro (Lima, March 3, 1943 -February 26, 2016) was a peruvian artist, psychologist, escultor y humorist, who became well-known for killing an alleged serial killer, he was arrested for the murder and sentenced to almost five years in prision. He was Released in 1991.

Childhood
Little is known about Poggi's parents. He Studied at the San Julián Barranco de Lima School, from which he graduated in 1960.

Youth
In 1958, at age fifteen, worked as a phonomist with the clowns Carlos Castro Pat, Cayo Pinto and Rulli Rendo. He then studied psychology at the Universidad Ricardo Palma (Lima), where he recibe a first basic bachelor Psychology Degree. He then traveled to Europe where he toured Spain, France and Italy. Back in Peru, he wrote two books: Mi primer pajazo (In English: My First Handjob; 1970) y Yo solo sé que soy un imbécil (In English: I only know I am a Moron; 1975).

News published by the Newspaper El Tiempo (In English: The time) from Piura, [ citation needed] They realize that Mario Poggi worked in this city in the middle of the seventies, in a distribution of SINAMOS (regional office of Social Mobilization II). He married Peruvian journalist Carmen Manrique Argüelles, whom he later divorced. Two sons are known from the marriage, the eldest daughter of whom is a sports journalist.

In the 1980s he worked as a Psychologist in the National Peruvian Police. Contemporarily he began to study Ventriloquism

Crime
In Early 1986, a paranoic wave flooded Lima. In the city's garbage dumps, legs, human torsoes an desfigured human heads began to appear at least ten times. Local Newspapers started to nickname the murderer as in their headlines as «¡El Descuartizador de Lima! (Lima's dismemberer)». The presumed killer was attributed with the autorship of, at least, seven killings.

On February 6, 1986, the Lima Police captured a suspect called, Ángel Díaz Balbín (1959-1986), a 26-year-old from Chincha Alta. In one instance of the questioning, he stated he began to feel «paranoic». So the Police called Poggi to verify the patology.

Next Day, Poggi ―dressed eccentrically like he used to― walked in the former headquarter of the Caretas Magazine (at the Camaná shred, located at Lima's center) and asked for a meeting with the policial genre Writer Jorge Negro Salazar, «Vengo de estar con el descuartizador de Lima. Soy Mario Poggi, soy psicólogo de la PIP, si quieren los llevo para que vean cómo hipnotizo al asesino y lo hago confesar sus espantosos crímenes (I've been recently with the Lima's dismemberer. I'm Mario Poggi, I'm a Psychologist from the PIP. If you want to, I'll take you so you see how I Hypnotize the killer and make him confess his terrifying crimes)». Salazar called the Magazine's Photographer, Víctor Ch. Vargas and they went to the former Homicide treatment local, located in Avenida España (In English: Spain Avenue). Police treated Poggi calling him «doctor». By Poggi's request, the police took Diaz Balbin handcuffed. (Almost Skeletical, suffering a deep Famine and with a thickened beard). Poggi began an strange ritual, touching the prisioner's head, who, by the way, didn't produce a single noise. «¡Eres el descuartizador ―gritaba Poggi ahuecando la voz―, aquí en el cráneo puedo palpar tu inteligencia asesina» (You're the dismemberer- Poggi screamed while hollowing out his voice- Here, in your skull, I can palpate your murderous inteligence).

On February 8, The Caretas magazine feature Salazar's Article along with the photographies on which Poggi «was analizing» Ángel Díaz Balbín. Next Day, On February 9, 1986, Poggi appeared in the Media crying in the Homicide Office: «¡Salvé a la humanidad! ¡Acabé con el monstruo! (I saved the Humankind! I finished off the Monster!». Effectively, Poggi had asked the officer on duty to bring the prisioner with his arms handcuffed to his back. Then he asked for privacy to interview the suspect. According to Poggi, when he was alone with the suspect, he took off his clothes an the suspect ones. He tried to cause him sexual exitation, because he wanted to show him how he raped his victims, before killing and dismemebering them. Although, Diaz Balbin didn't respond to his provocations. After an hour, Poggi laid Diaz Balbin face down (hand-tied and feet-tied). Took out his leather belt with suspect facing down, and strangled him. After killing Balbin, he dressed back again and went out of the room he was in. He told the police Officers he strangled Díaz Balbín, because due to his madness, Poggi feared, he could be released and start to kill people again. Even though, Ángel Díaz Balbín was killed, the dismemberings kept on going .Poggi's Trial was considered a kind of prank on which the accused behaved like comedy showman. When he was questioned during his Trial, Poggi stated he didn't killed him, but, instead, he was blamed for Balbin's Death, and said that he was- aged 45- was «muy viejo para matar a ese chico» ("too old to kill that young man") He was sentenced to twelve years in prision, although he only stayed imprisioned for a 1/3 of his actual sentence (4 years and 8 months in the correctional of San Jorge, Lima.

Celebrity
In 1991 Poggi went out of Jail. He decided to stay away from psychology, after being released. He called himself "Loco" (Mad), and dyed his hair green. Se convirtió en una celebridad. He was invited to several programs, specially many having poor rating, and many others that looked for a "bizarre" introduction or central topic).

In 1997, Poggi published his autobiography, "Yo sólo sé que soy un imbécil (I only Know I am a moron)", in a poor quality edition with green letter, and recurrent ortographic, typographic and edition errors.―That, according to the publisher, El Siglo, (The Century), was to show respect to the original message―. It consists of an introducing chapter with delusional quotes and some passages of his life ―where he mixes popular characters, with Limenian Personalities―, and a final chapter with some of his drawings and some art critics of his sculptures

En el año 2000, Poggi participated in the filming of the work "Mi crimen al desnudo" (My Nude Crime), by Leónidas Zegarra in which he played as himself. The Film was released in 2001. The project began in 1998, when a group of film students wanted to bring to the big screen the story of the murder of the serial criminal Angel Diaz Balbin in the hands of psychologist Mario Poggi Zegarra was invited to participate to the proyect as the director. The film's production was financed mainly by loans. The equipment needed, was adquired in agreement with a production company. The budget- like in every movie by Zerraga- was very, just U$S 11.000 (equivalent to $16,388.72 as of 2019), because of that, according to Zegarra, they came to an agreement with the actors and actresses (Mario Poggi, Américo Zúñiga, Yesabella, Rossi War, Víctor Ángeles y Wilmer Ato) to pay them when the movie was comercialized, and when they retrieved the money invested. The movie also featured the well-known peruvian singer La Tigresa del Oriente (In English: The Eastern Tigress) portraying Magaly Medina, who became famous in the next decade, for her Musical Videoclips in YouTube.

Mi crimen al desnudo premiered in two Lima cinemas (Excélsior and Tacna). There was no money for the advertising campaign and only the popularity of the vedettes who participated in the film (such as Martha Yesabella Vásquez Chávez) was exploited. There were also exchanges with small newspapers, which published the ads in exchange for tickets to the movies. The investment was not fully recovered and in order to get out of the debts, a remake was launched with the suggestive name of Vedettes al desnudo (Nude Vedettes)

The movie's argument is about the psychotic Ángel Díaz Balbín, frightens the city of Lima, killing prostitutes. The police follow his trail and capture him, but Díaz Balbín resists confessing his crimes. To force him to do so, they call psychologist Mario Poggi, who manages to make him confess. However, Poggi believes that the release of Diaz Balbin is imminent so he decides to kill him with his leash.

Last Years
In 2006, he attempted, unsuccesfully to integrate a political party to postulate to Peruvian Presidency. (Ver póster).

When Media got tired of Poggi, he became an street vendor, singing, talking and selling his books at Parque Kennedy (Kennedy Park), in the Miraflores district (Lima).

On May 2007, Poggi made a national commotion by bringing to light an alleged journalist's son, Jaime Bayly. It turned out to be a fiasco (a person merely similar to Bayly, who used Poggi's fame for propaganda). He served in the Peruvian Nationalist Party.

Issue
Poggi had two children with his first wife ,Julia Carmen Manrique: Karla Estela and Lorena;

With his second wife, Nelly Chacaltana, Poggi had three children more : Estefanía, Patricia and Raúl Alfonso. He stated having offspring in Europe which he never legally recognized.

Death
According to Poggi's Brother Testimony, At night, on February 25, 2016, Mario Poggi suffered a Cardiac Arrest. He was taken to the Casimiro Ulloa Hospital, Lima, where he died of another cardiac arrest next day, at noon on February 26, 2016 ―five days prior to his 73rd Birthday―

His remains were veiled in the Virgen de Fátima church in Miraflores district, Province of Lima

Works

 * 1970: Mi Primer Pajazo. (My First Handjob)
 * 1975: Yo solo sé que soy un imbécil (I only know I'm a Moron) Autobiographic Text. Lima (Perú): Editorial El Siglo (The Century Publisher), 1997.
 * 1990s: El decálogo de la correa vengadora (The Dechaloge of the Avenger Belt) Text on which he refers to the belt which he used in the Balbin's Killing 2001: My Nude Crime

Notes and Refferences
Category:Peruvian psychologists Category:People from Lima Category:Peruvian writers Category:Peruvian criminals Category:Peruvian murderers Category:Articles with unsourced statements