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The loud noise from the opening of an iron door marks Jorge Anguilante's exit from the Pinero prison every Saturday. He heads home for 24 hours to minister at a small evangelical church he started in a garage in Argentina's most violent city.
The loud noise from the opening of an iron door marks Jorge Anguilante's exit from the Pinero prison every Saturday. He heads home for 24 hours to minister at a small evangelical church he started in a garage in Argentina's most violent city.
Before Jorge Anguilante walks through the door, guards remove handcuffs from “Tachuela” - Spanish for “Tack,” as he was known in the criminal world. In silence, they stare at the hit-man-turned-pastor who greets them with a single word: “Blessings.” His story, of a convicted murderer embracing an evangelical faith behind bars, is common in the lockups of Argentina’s Santa Fe province and its capital city of Rosario.