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Bermúdez confessed to the murders of 21 children, 17 of whom were found and was sentenced to 25 years in prison on March 20, 2004. He is suspected of killing over 50 children.{{cn|date=October 2024}} |
Bermúdez confessed to the murders of 21 children, 17 of whom were found and was sentenced to 25 years in prison on March 20, 2004. He is suspected of killing over 50 children.{{cn|date=October 2024}} |
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On October 17, 2024, only two days after his 63rd birthday, Bermúdez and two [[National Penitentiary and Prison Institute (Colombia)|prison guards]] were |
On October 17, 2024, only two days after his 63rd birthday, Bermúdez and two [[National Penitentiary and Prison Institute (Colombia)|prison guards]] were assassinated in an ambush on the vehicle in which they were travelling on the [[Pan-American Highway]] in the department of [[Cauca Department|Cauca]]. The attack was blamed on [[FARC dissidents]].<ref name=infobae/> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 23:45, 19 October 2024
Manuel Octavio Bermúdez Estrada | |
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| Born | Manuel Octavio Bermúdez Estrada October 15, 1961 Trujillo, Valle del Cauca, Colombia |
| Died | October 17, 2024 (aged 63) Cauca Department, Colombia |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wounds |
| Other names | The Monster of the Cane Fields |
| Conviction(s) | Murder Rape |
| Criminal penalty | 25 years in prison |
| Details | |
| Victims | 21–50+ |
Span of crimes | 1999–2003 |
| Country | Colombia |
Date apprehended | July 18, 2003 |
Manuel Octavio Bermúdez Estrada (October 15, 1961 – October 17, 2024) was a Colombian serial killer who killed and raped 21 children in remote areas of Colombia.[1] He was given the nickname "El Monstruo de los Cañaduzales" ("The Monster of the Cane Fields").[2]
Biography
Manuel Octavio Bermúdez was born in Trujillo, Valle del Cauca, Colombia on October 15, 1961, and was orphaned after birth. He was adopted by an abusive mother who threw him off a balcony, breaking his hand and foot. This gave him a permanent limp. He was given to another family in the city of Palmira. His new parents were alcoholics and his father was described as abusive. Bermúdez later had several children of his own.[3]
Bermúdez raped and killed at least 21 children in several towns of Valle del Cauca from 1999 to 2003. He had worked as an ice cream vendor and would lure his victims to corn fields with offers of money for picking corn. Bermúdez would then rape and strangle them while sometimes injecting them with a syringe.[citation needed]
The mother of 12-year-old Luis Carlos Gálvez reported his disappearance and Bermúdez had been seen with him. He was arrested on July 18, 2003. Investigators inspected a room he had rented in El Cairo and found newspaper clippings of the murders, syringes, Lidocaine, and the wristwatch Luis Carlos Gálvez was wearing the day he disappeared.[citation needed]
Bermúdez confessed to the murders of 21 children, 17 of whom were found and was sentenced to 25 years in prison on March 20, 2004. He is suspected of killing over 50 children.[citation needed]
On October 17, 2024, only two days after his 63rd birthday, Bermúdez and two prison guards were assassinated in an ambush on the vehicle in which they were travelling on the Pan-American Highway in the department of Cauca. The attack was blamed on FARC dissidents.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b Cifuentes Quintero, Santiago (18 October 2024). "El 'Monstruo de los Cañaduzales', violador comparado con Garavito, murió en atentado contra patrulla del Inpec". Infobae. Colombia. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ Rodríguez-Torres, María Natalia (2019). "Manuel Octavio Bermúdez "el monstruo de los cañaduzales"". Bogotá, Colombia: Universidad Católica de Colombia. Facultad de Derecho. hdl:hdl.handle.net/10983/23196. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "La historia de cinco asesinos en serie de Colombia". KienyKe. July 20, 2013. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
- 1961 births
- 2024 deaths
- 1999 murders in Colombia
- 2003 murders in Colombia
- 1990s murders in Colombia
- 2000s murders in Colombia
- Colombian murderers of children
- Colombian people convicted of murder
- Colombian rapists
- Colombian serial killers
- People convicted of murder by Colombia
- People from Valle del Cauca Department