About this episode

The episode discusses the criminal activities of David Avendano Ballina and his gang, Las Goteras, who were involved in poisoning and robbing men.

David Avendano Ballina, between the years of 1997 and 2007, ran a Mexican street gang known as "Las Goteras" the gang poisoned and robbed men, “accidentally” killing as many as 70 with simple but deadly eye drops. Ballina lived a life of crime that started at the ripe age of 6, when after he robbed and killed a woman he stopped to try some of her beef stew on the stove. Which forever labeled him with the dreadful nickname…EL HAMBURGUESA!

People in this episode

Host: True Crime Guys

Topics covered

• gang crime
• poisoning
• robbery
• true crime
• Mexican street gangs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Las Goteras

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