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|Image = Pedrolopez-02.jpg
|Image = Pedro_López.jpg
|fullname = Pedro Alonso López
|fullname = Pedro Alonso López
|alias = The Monster of the Andes
|alias = The Monster of the Andes
|origin = Santa Isabel, Colombia
|origin = Santa Isabel, Colombia
|occupation = Serial Killer
|occupation = Serial killer
|type of villain = Serial Killer
|type of villain = Serial Killer
|goals = Kill as many young women and girls as he can (failed)<br>Escape prison and continue killing (unknown)
|goals = Kill as many young women and girls as he can (failed)<br>Escape prison and continue killing (unknown)
|crimes = Multiple counts of child murder<br>Rape<br>Theft<br>[[Kidnapping]]
|crimes = Multiple counts of [[child murder]]<br>[[Rape]]<br>[[Theft]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Necrophilia]]
|hobby = Killing and raping girls}}
|hobby = Killing and raping girls}}
{{Quote|A prostitute's son in Colombia who was homeless at the age of eight would turn out to be remembered as one of the world's worst serial killers ever. Having killed around 350 girls, Pedro Lopez has left hundreds of families traumatized for the rest of their lives.|Introduction to a documentary about Lopez.}}  
{{Quote|A prostitute's son in Colombia who was homeless at the age of eight would turn out to be remembered as one of the world's worst serial killers ever. Having killed around 350 girls, Pedro Lopez has left hundreds of families traumatized for the rest of their lives.|Introduction to a documentary about Lopez.}}  


'''Pedro Alonso López ''' (October 8<sup>th</sup>, 1948 - ????) also known by his criminal alias '''the Monster of the Andes''', is a Colombian serial killer accused of raping and [[murder]]ing over 300 South American girls throughout Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
'''Pedro Alonso López ''' (October 8<sup>th</sup>, 1948) also known by his criminal alias '''the Monster of the Andes''', is a Colombian serial killer accused of raping and [[murder]]ing over 300 South American girls throughout Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.


He is considered to be one of the world's most prolific serial killers; at one point, the ''Guiness Book of World Records'' listed him as the world's deadliest serial killer. However, in terms of actually confirmed victims, [[Luis Garavito]], a fellow Colombian, surpasses Lopez with 138 confirmed murders to his name. Though he was only ever formally convicted of three murders, Lopez has been definitively linked to 110.
He is considered to be one of the world's most prolific serial killers; at one point, the ''Guiness Book of World Records'' listed him as the world's deadliest serial killer. However, in terms of actually confirmed victims, [[Luis Garavito]], a fellow Colombian, surpasses Lopez with 142 confirmed murders to his name. Though he was only ever formally convicted of 110 murders, Lopez has been definitively linked to other 240 murders, but its believe that he killed as many as 400.


==Biography==
==Biography==
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His victims', who were usually nine to twelve years old, murders ranged from Peru to Ecuador and López became known by his aforementioned nicknamed when he led the police to 53 graves of his young victims. In 1983, it was revealed he had over 110 young victims yet he confessed to 240. Despite this, he was released from prison in 1998 via a $50 bail after being declared sane.
His victims', who were usually nine to twelve years old, murders ranged from Peru to Ecuador and López became known by his aforementioned nicknamed when he led the police to 53 graves of his young victims. In 1983, it was revealed he had over 110 young victims yet he confessed to 240. Despite this, he was released from prison in 1998 via a $50 bail after being declared sane.


As of 2020, Lopez's current whereabouts are unknown. One source claims he is back in prison but does not state when he was incarcerated or where. Another source has claimed that he is still operating in Colombia, with Interpol releasing an advisory notice to Colombian authorities in regards to a murder believed to have been commited by Lopez in 2002.
As of 2023, Lopez's current whereabouts are unknown. One source claims he is back in prison but does not state when he was incarcerated or where. Another source has claimed that he is still operating in Colombia, with Interpol releasing an advisory notice to Colombian authorities in regards to a murder believed to have been commited by Lopez in 2002.
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