All Episodes

October 2, 2025 34 mins

José tenía 19 años cuando su vida cambió para siempre. Saliendo de su trabajo en el mercado, fue detenido por policías que lo golpearon hasta dejarlo casi inconsciente. Lo obligaron a firmar una confesión con un nombre que no era el suyo. Desde ese momento, su verdadera identidad desapareció de todos los registros.

00:00:00 - 00:01:51 |  El hombre sin nombre / The Man Without a Name

00:14:37 - 00:18:42 | La detención y tortura policial / The Arrest and Police Torture

00:18:42 - 00:21:25 | La identidad falsa y la confesión forzada / The False Identity and Forced Confession

00:26:28 - 00:29:00 | Dormir parado: la vida en hacinamiento / Sleeping Standing Up: Life in Overcrowding

00:29:43 - 00:31:33 | El mensaje para su mamá / The Message for His Mother

José was 19 years old when his life changed forever. Leaving work at the market, he was detained by police officers who beat him nearly unconscious. They forced him to sign a confession with a name that wasn't his: José Emiliano Méndez Espíndola. From that moment on, his true identity disappeared from all records.

Hoy, a sus 25 años, sobrevive en una celda sobrepoblada donde duerme en el piso y teje pulseras para poder comer. No ha vuelto a saber de su mamá ni de su hermano pequeño desde el día de su detención. Atrapado con una identidad falsa y acusado de un delito que nunca cometió, José vive una pesadilla donde ni siquiera puede ser encontrado por su familia porque legalmente no existe bajo su verdadero nombre.

Las heridas de la tortura policial aún marcan su cuerpo: 14 cicatrices, dientes rotos, y hernias que casi le cuestan la vida dentro del penal. Su historia revela las grietas más oscuras del sistema de justicia mexicano: detenciones arbitrarias, tortura, abogados coludidos y la desaparición en vida de personas inocentes.

En esta conversación, José comparte su último deseo: que su mamá sepa que sigue vivo, que está bien, y que nunca dejó de amarla.

Este episodio de PENITENCIA es un testimonio urgente sobre la injusticia, la identidad arrebatada y el amor hacia una familia que tal vez nunca vea este mensaje.

Today, at 25 years old, he survives in an overcrowded cell where he sleeps on the floor and weaves bracelets to afford food. He hasn't heard from his mom or his little brother since the day of his arrest. Trapped with a false identity and accused of a crime he never committed, José lives a Kafkaesque nightmare where he can't even be found by his family because he legally doesn't exist under his real name.

The wounds from police torture still mark his body: 14 scars, broken teeth, and hernias that nearly cost him his life inside the prison. His story reveals the darkest cracks in the Mexican justice system: arbitrary detentions, torture, colluding lawyers, and the living disappearance of innocent people.

In this heartbreaking conversation, José shares his last wish: for his mom to know he's still alive, that he's okay, and that he never stopped loving her. This episode of PENITENCIA is an urgent testimony about injustice, stolen identity, and unbreakable love for a family that may never see this message.

Para ver episodios exclusivos, entra aquí: https://www.patreon.com/Penitencia_mx

¿Quieres ver los episodios antes que nadie? Obtén acceso 24 horas antes aquí: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6rh4_O86hGLVPdUhwroxtw/join

Visita penitencia.com

Síguenos en:

https://instagram.com/penitencia_mx  

https://tiktok.com/@penitencia_mx  

https://facebook.com/penitencia.mx  

https://x.com/penitencia_mx  

Spotify: https://spotify.link/jFvOuTtseDb

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/mx/podcast/penitencia/id1707298050

Amazon: https://music.amazon.com.mx/podcasts/860c4127-6a3b-4e8f-a5fd-b61258de9643/penitencia

 

Redes Saskia:

https://www.youtube.com/@saskiandr - suscríbete a su canal

https://instagram.com/saskianino  

https://tiktok.com/@saskianino  

https://x.com/saskianino

Mark as Played

Advertise With Us

Popular Podcasts

Stuff You Should Know
Cardiac Cowboys

Cardiac Cowboys

The heart was always off-limits to surgeons. Cutting into it spelled instant death for the patient. That is, until a ragtag group of doctors scattered across the Midwest and Texas decided to throw out the rule book. Working in makeshift laboratories and home garages, using medical devices made from scavenged machine parts and beer tubes, these men and women invented the field of open heart surgery. Odds are, someone you know is alive because of them. So why has history left them behind? Presented by Chris Pine, CARDIAC COWBOYS tells the gripping true story behind the birth of heart surgery, and the young, Greatest Generation doctors who made it happen. For years, they competed and feuded, racing to be the first, the best, and the most prolific. Some appeared on the cover of Time Magazine, operated on kings and advised presidents. Others ended up disgraced, penniless, and convicted of felonies. Together, they ignited a revolution in medicine, and changed the world.

The Joe Rogan Experience

The Joe Rogan Experience

The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.

Music, radio and podcasts, all free. Listen online or download the iHeart App.

Connect

© 2025 iHeartMedia, Inc.