The Demons of Eden


The Demons of Eden: The Power that Protects Child Pornography is a book by the Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho that analyzed the problem of child pornography and child prostitution. The book records Cacho's investigation of the networks of powerful people who abused or allowed for the abuse of children. Cacho lists the names of those involved in the exploitation and offers an examination of the inner workings of the child sex trade and politics in Mexico.
In this book, Cacho includes the name of a millionaire hotel franchise owner interests in Cancún and personal connections to the state of Puebla, Jean Succar Kuri, who was then 60 years old. In response to the accusations and evidence presented against him in the book, he was detained in Chandler, Arizona by agents of the U.S. marshall in compliance with an arrest warrant generated by the Attorney General's Office of Mexico.