Jardines del Humaya Cemetery
Culiacán Rosales, Mexico
In a Mexican cemetery crypts resemeble miniature cathedrals and tombs made with marble and gold, emphasize luxury and eccentricity.
The Jardines del Humaya cemetery in Culiacan, Sinaloa is known because there are buried famous drug traffickers and by its section of crypts that resemble miniature cathedrals.
These constructions have all the luxuries and services, which makes this cemetery unique. Cartel leaders sometimes buy dozens of funerary graves in advance in Jardines de Humaya to make sure there is room for their people when they make the final journey.
In addition to the exterior opulence in the design of tombs and mausoleums, inside the crypts there are amenities such as solar panels, air conditioning, jacuzzi, wifi, rooms, lounges and surveillance cameras.
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