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Netflix Releases 'La viuda negra' Series on Valencia Murder Case

Las Provincias’s new podcast explores the psychological dynamics behind the Patraix murder.

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El caso de Maje, la 'viuda negra de Patraix': así se destapó uno de los crímenes más mediáticos del país

Overview

  • The series reenacts how María Jesús Montero Cantó persuaded her lover, Salvador Rodrigo, to kill husband Antonio Navarro in their València garage on August 16, 2017.
  • Produced by Bambú Producciones and directed by Carlos Sedes, the drama stars Carmen Machi as Inspector Eva, Ivana Baquero as Maje and Tristán Ulloa as Rodrigo.
  • In 2020, Maje was sentenced to 22 years for premeditated murder and Rodrigo received 17 years as an accomplice following a widely followed trial.
  • Las Provincias’s 'Maje: autopsia a una asesina' podcast dissects the secret communications and jealous rifts that unraveled the conspiracy.
  • The case continues to drive analysis of emotional manipulation and the portrayal of female offenders in crimes of passion.