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'''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 | 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 193 confirmed murders to his name. Though he was only ever formally convicted of 110 murders, Lopez has been definitively linked to other 240 murders. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||