This story has brought nightmares to several generations of children throughout Latin America. The Legend talks about this unfortunate woman who decided to take the lives of her two children, drowning them in a river, as revenge towards her husband for having left her for a younger lady.
When she realizes what horrible thing had she done, she commits suicide, but the doors of paradise were closed to her until she finds the soul of her two children. Since then, you can hear her soul wondering and crying, looking for her children during the night, frightening all those who cross their path.