Santiago Iniguez Olivares is accused of bludgeoning Modesta Navarro Nieves and her husband at their home in the mountainous Guadalupe del Cobre community in April 1998 , the Michoacan state attorney general 's office said Thursday . Santiago Iniguez Olivares accused of bludgeoning Modesta Navarro Nieves because he thought she put a spell on him . Olivares had been on the run until recently , when he returned to the area because he thought murder had been forgotten . The case has sparked outrage in Mexico and led to protests by indigenous groups who say that police are using it as an excuse for violence against them.
Santiago Iniguez Olivares accused of bludgeoning Modesta Navarro Nieves because he thought she put a spell on him . Olivares had been on the run until recently , when he returned to the area because he thought murder had been forgotten . The case has sparked outrage in Mexico and led to protests by indigenous groups who say that police are using it as an excuse for violence against them.