Plot

The BAU is requested to assist on a case in Mexico to determine if there is a serial killer in the town of a police captain who attended one of Gideon's seminars.

In Allende del Sol, a Mexican factory and tourist town, the papers write about a serial killer. The government wants that theory squashed by the BAU profilers after the twelfth rape-murder in two years. The latest victim was 62-year old Lupe Trejo, whose son, Miguel, was arrested as a suspect. Gideon knows from a seminar the local police captain, Victor Navarro, who claims Mexican cultural emphasis on family and machismo won't permit Gideon's profiling method to work there. The Trejo murder site shows Gideon that Lupe discovered her son Miguel is a closet homosexual, unspeakable in the macho town. To save Miguel from being killed in prison, his sister Rosa claims Miguel's boyfriend, Roberto Gonzalez, was outside the house and noticed a social worker, either female or a cross-dresser. Atypically, the next victim, Isabella Santiago, is stabbed to death the following day. The team believes it's a rapist who became impotent, probably after being ridiculed by Milagros Villanueva a month before the first murder. There is a fitting suspect, and a link with a series of rapes.—KGF Vissers

In Allende Del Sol, Mexico, Lupe Trejo is only the latest of twelve elderly women murdered over a two year period. The local government and district attorney are not treating Lupe's murder as a serial killing. However, the police convince those in power to bring in the BAU to corroborate their theory that she was killed by her son, Miguel. Miguel was somewhat estranged from his family and the police already have in custody. But the BAU quickly learn that their presence on the case, at least in the eyes of lead investigator Captain Navarro, is for a different reason than they were first led to believe. The BAU know they are dealing with a serial killer who seems to have the trust of the women that he has killed. But as they work on the case, the BAU are continually hindered by the machismo Mexican culture which has resulted in many, especially women, unwilling to talk to the police. Greenaway, a fluent Spanish speaker (her mother being Cuban), may help in alleviating the concerns of townswomen in assisting. The timing of this case is especially difficult for Hotch, who feels that he is not spending enough time at home with his wife and newborn son. The feeling is mutual for Haley.—Huggo