Born on 8 October 1948 in Tolmia, Colombia, Pedro Alonso Lopez has been accused of murdering over 300 girls. He became known as the Monster of the Andes after leading police to 53 victims' graves in Ecuador in 1980. By 1983, he had been found guilty of killing 110 Ecuadoran girls between the ages of 9 and 12. Lopez then confessed to an additional 240 murders, all young girls, in Peru and Colombia.
Prior to this confession, Pedro Lopez had been apprehended by a native Peruvian tribe in 1978. They were planning to execute him for the attempted kidnap of one of their girls when a Christian missionary intervened. He had already murdered over 100 other children. The tribe handed Lopez over to the police, who released him. He moved on to Colombia and Ecuador where he continued to murder an average of three girls per week.
The authorities had previously attributed the disappearance of so many young girls to white slavery or prostitution. Lopez was finally arrested when he botched an attempt at abducting a girl and he was then trapped by traders in the market until the police arrived. His confession to over 300 murders seemed implausible until a flash flood unearthed a mass grave full of his victims.
At the time of an interview conducted by Ron Laytner in the prison, Pedro was continuing to serve his life sentence in Ecuador. Remarkably, he does stand a chance at parole. However, if he is ever released from the Ecuadoran prison, Colombia and Peru are awaiting their opportunity to charge and convict him for murders in those nations as well.
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Pedro Alonso Lopez was born to a penniless prostitute in Tolmia, Colombia. He and his 12 brothers and sisters had a less-than-satisfactory childhood. Mom was overbearing and dominant, and ruled her children with a dictatorial presence. By the time he was released from prison in 1978, his impulses and fantasies had complete reign over Pedro's actions. He began to travel around Peru, hunting young girls from native tribes all over the region. It has never been verified that Lopez was actually responsible for the 100 murders he claims for this period of time, but later discoveries make it likely that his accounting is accurate. Within mere days of Pedro's unbelievable confession to 300+ murders, police were on a mission to prove his claims. He led authorities to an area near Ambato, where 53 girls' bodies were uncovered. All of the girls were between the ages of eight and twelve years. Pedro easily fits into the Organized Offender category. His narcissism is evident from his own words: "I am the man of the century. No one will ever forget me" (from prison interview with Ron Laytner). Aside from his obvious classic sociopathic characteristics, his methods betray a highly organized pattern of offense. |
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