Her husband smashed a plate over her head during dinner because she wouldn’t give her apartment to her mother-in-law. What she did next left the whole family homeless.
PART 1 The colonial mansion in the heart of San Ángel, with its heavy mahogany furniture and walls covered in family portraits, had always been the perfect setting for Doña Carmen’s displays of power. That Sunday was no exception. Around the long dining table, 20 people enjoyed a feast of mole poblano and rice, while…
