The Black Widow Gang, also known as The Black Widows of Colombia, is the nickname of a group of

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

serial killer A serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more persons,A * * * * with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them. While most authorities set a threshold of three ...

s active during the late 2000s and early 2010s.The 'Black Widows of Gang'
''El Mundo''. Accessed August 12, 2020. (in Spanish) They were charged with the murders of three men in Antioquia, however, it is believed they are responsible for more crimes. The criminal network, composed mainly of women, was led by Sandra Giraldo and Emilsen Yulima Nataly Rojas. Each member had a different role within the gang, some focused on maintaining relationships with men, others on murdering them, and yet more were in charge of finding lawyers and managing

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collections. The total amount from said insurances ranged from one hundred to eight hundred million

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Victims

One of the victims was Diego Hernández Beltrán, a 60-year-old master builder.The boss of the 'Black Widows'
Revista ''Semana''. Accessed August 31, 2020. (in Spanish) According to the investigators, Hernández Beltrán was persuaded by an acquaintance of his to buy life insurance. When they learned of this, the gang decided to take advatange of it and invited Diego to camp at night near a reservoir called El Peñol-Guatapé on September 27, 2008. There, his hands and feet were tied and he was thrown into the reservoir, where he subsequently drowned. Hernández Beltrán's lifeless body was found the next day and claimed by Emilsen, who claimed to be his wife, with the couple having been married for two years. At the time, she claimed that she was the sole beneficiary for the life insurance, worth $150,000,000 pesos. Despite this, the family of the deceased disputed her claims, stating that Diego had never had any romantic bond with the woman.

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* Pablo Andrés Santa A. (July 25, 2017)
Ambition turned them into 'black widows'
''Diario Q'hubo'' (in Spanish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Black Widow Gang 21st-century criminals Colombian female murderers Colombian female serial killers Colombian people convicted of murder Living people Mariticides Murderers for life insurance money People convicted of murder by Colombia Prisoners and detainees of Colombia Year of birth missing (living people)

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