Jardines del Humaya: The pantheon with the most luxurious and bloody graves

• Here lie the remains of dangerous drug traffickers.
• Even their graves are luxurious.
• It has become a tourist attraction

Jardines del Humaya was created in 1969 with the purpose of providing a place of eternal rest for relatives of businessmen, politicians or public figures. However, this Sinaloa cemetery had another fate. Today we tell you about the pantheon with the most luxurious and bloody graves.

Intended to shelter the remnants of Culiacán’s upper-middle class, since the late 1980s, the Jardines del Humaya pantheon has become a magnet for drug traffickers looking for an impressive resting place.

Jardines del Humaya: The pantheon with the most luxurious and bloody tombs

According to Infobae, this pantheon was established in 1969 with the aim of providing a place of eternal rest for the families of businessmen, politicians or public figures. The most famous shrine in Sinaloa had a different fate, eventually becoming a tourist attraction notorious for drug traffickers began being buried there.

Located in the Heroico Colegio Militar, in the Miguel de la Madrid neighborhood in Culiacán Sinaloa, Jardines del Humaya began to attract attention with its series of very large and luxurious tombs made from materials such as granite and marble. There are two and three story buildings with balconies, electricity, air conditioning, bedrooms, televisions, dining rooms, basements, living rooms and even kitchenettes, in addition to closed circuit tv. It practically became a subdivision of luxurious homes where the region’s drug traffickers rest.

Luxury tombs

With top notch locations, the famous cemetery takes cash or credit cards. Jardines del Humaya is known for custom tombs and sanctuaries with the most unimaginable eccentricities. They can have internet, bathrooms, air conditioning and a space to dance. Some have bullet-proof glass and adjoining rooms.

Depending on the finish, model or size, prices range from 200,000 pesos to 8 million pesos. Formerly dedicated to the upper middle class of Culiacán, the Jardines del Humaya cemetery has become a repository for the remains of armed men, middle managers and legendary bloodthirsty drug traffickers.

One of the most expensive tombs in Jardines del Humaya

Sipse says the most expensive grave was financed by the Sinaloa Cartel and belonged to Arturo Guzmán Loera, alias «El Pollo». He was the brother of Joaquín «El Chapo” Guzmán, who was shot in the maximum security prison of La Palma. According to the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic of Mexico, «El Pollo» was murdered around 7 p.m. on December 31, 2004, in the prison’s conversation area.

His mausoleum cost about $200,000 and his family left a bunch of miniature cars for him at his altar, including several VWs of different sizes, complete with hats and caps that read «I love you, dad.»

Arturo Beltran Leyva

The second most expensive tomb in the Jardines de Humaya Panteón is the sanctuary of Arturo Beltrán Leyva, also known as “El Barbas”. He died in a confrontation with the Marine Corps in December 2009 in Morelos. His grave cost approximately $650,000 to build, according to Infobae. It also has Wi-Fi, satellite tv, several bedrooms and a kitchen.

El Barbas was shot down on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 during a confrontation with the Mexican Navy in a residential neighborhood in the municipality of Cuernavaca, Morelos. Soon, images of what happened spread on the internet and in the media, including the body of a drug trafficker covered with banknotes.

Other drug traffickers who rest in peace in Jardines del Humaya

Some of the other names that can be seen on the luxurious tombstones include Ignacio Nacho Coronel and former collaborators who worked for El Chapo Guzmán and Ismael Zambada, as well as Rafael Caro Quintero and El Guero Palma, among others.

In Jardines del Humaya there is also the tomb of Amado Carrillo Fuentes, «El Señor de los Cielos», which includes a chapel for 50 people where religious ceremonies are performed. The price of this sanctuary has been estimated at $490,000. The powerful and fearsome leader of the Juárez cartel rests together with his son César Carrillo Leyva, better known as “Cesarín”, who was executed in August 2020.