Fredy Armando Valencia Vargas (born 1982), known as The Monster of Monserrate, is a Colombian rapist and

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. He was connected to the deaths of between 8 and 9 women, however, he confessed to killing approximately 100 women.Asesinos en serie - Fredy Valencia
''El Tiempo''. Consultado el 9 de mayo de 2019. According to his own confessions, he sexually abused his victims before and after he killed them.Colombia: Podría haber hasta 16 víctimas de asesino múltiple
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''. Consultado el 9 de mayo de 2019. According to Carlos Valdés, the then director of the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Fredy Valencia suffers from

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. He is currently incarcerated in La Picota Prison. Valencia was initially sentenced to 9 years, then increased to 18, and finally, a defining sentence of 36 years was established.El ‘Monstruo de Monserrate’ es condenado a 36 años de cárcel
''El Heraldo''. Consultado el 9 de mayo de 2019.

Biography

Fredy Armando Valencia Vargas was in the Colombian capital of Bogotá.Asesinos en serie - Fredy Valencia
''El Tiempo''. Consultado el 9 de mayo de 2019. He lived for many years in the

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locality, southwest from Bogotá, where at an early age he showed signs of violence, which is why he was sent to a specialized martial arts school. Valencia studied at the Rafael Uribe District Educational Institution, where he obtained a bachelor's degree, and then entered a university where he studied 4 semesters of Industrial Engineering, a career he later abandoned completely due to excessive drug use.'El monstruo de Monserrate', el feminicida que aterró en los cerros de Bogotá

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. Consultado el 9 de mayo de 2019. Valencia left his home and became homeless. He settled on Monserrate, building a small house on one of the Eastern Hills. When settled, he began traveling to different areas, such as El Bronx and

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, among others, highly dangerous places where drugs were frequently trafficked, and thus was an epicenter for addicts. In those areas, he lured female drug addicts with offers of food and shelter, and then murdered them."El monstruo de Monserrate": estupor en Colombia por la confesión de un asesino en serie de mujeres

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. Consultado el 9 de mayo de 2019. According to several people who knew Valencia, he used various types of drugs, including

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, but nevertheless dressed neatly and behaved calmly.Colombia: Podría haber hasta 16 víctimas de asesino múltiple
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Crimes

The authorities nicknamed him the "Monster of Monserrate", because it was in that area that he committed the murders between 2012 and 2014.El ‘Monstruo de Monserrate’ es condenado a 36 años de cárcel
''El Heraldo''. Consultado el 9 de mayo de 2019. He sexually assaulted his victims and later strangled them.'El monstruo de Monserrate', el feminicida que aterró en los cerros de Bogotá

. Consultado el 9 de mayo de 2019. According to his own confessions, on several occasions he committed acts of

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, since "when ewanted to, elooked for them, dug them up and accessed them again."Asesinos en serie - Fredy Valencia
''El Tiempo''. Consultado el 9 de mayo de 2019. Valencia also confessed that he buried the corpses in a strategic way, so that no one would find out about the women's disappearances. Colombian police tied him to the deaths of nine women, but according to Valencia, he has killed upwards of 100, including minors.'El monstruo de Monserrate', el feminicida que aterró en los cerros de Bogotá

. Consultado el 9 de mayo de 2019. He is considered one of the "most prolific serial murderers in Bogotá in recent years."Monstruo de Monserrate, el asesino múltiple más prolífico de Colombia
Starmedia. Consultado el 9 de mayo de 2019.

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External links

Criminalia Article
{{DEFAULTSORT:Armando Valencia, Fredy 1982 births 2012 murders in Colombia Colombian people convicted of murder Colombian rapists Colombian serial killers Living people Male serial killers Necrophiles People from Bogotá People with antisocial personality disorder Violence against women in Colombia

Biography

Crimes

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