Juan Carlos Sánchez Latorre (born September 13, 1980),
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''Semana''. Retrieved January 24, 2018. (in Spanish) known as The Big Bad Wolf ( es, El Lobo Feroz), is a Colombian technologist and
serial rapist
A serial rapist is someone who commits multiple rapes, whether with multiple victims or a single victim repeatedly over a period of time. Some serial rapists target children. The terms ''sexual predator'', ''repeat rape'' and ''multiple offending ...
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''El Tiempo''. Retrieved January 24, 2018. (in Spanish)
Authorities claimed that he has molested over 500 minors, with some speculating there being additional victims in
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
. While searching through Sánchez's home, police found 1,450 files with data depicting child rape, and 276 videos of Juan raping children. The abuses occurred between 2008 and 2011, although there are reports of around 50 cases that happened in 2005; the victims from these events affirmed that it was Sánchez who had raped them.
Sánchez frequented shopping centers, where he lured children aged between 9 and 14 years of age. Then, he would take them to hotels and force them to undress, taking photos and record them on video before abusing them. Those who resisted were threatened with a knife.
Sánchez Latorre was temporarily imprisoned from March 15 to November 12, 2008, and upon his release from
Barranquilla
Barranquilla () is the capital district of Atlántico Department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and third port in the Caribbean Coast region; as of 2018 it had a population of 1,206,319, making it Col ...
, he fled to
Maracaibo
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, Venezuela, where he presented himself as a Venezuelan national named Danillo Santiago Luna.
Imprisonment
Following his extradition to Colombia by the Venezuelan government,
Sánchez was sentenced to 60 years' imprisonment, the maximum penalty available in Colombia, handed down by a judge in Barranquilla.
See also
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Luis Alfredo Garavito
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List of serial rapists
A serial rapist is someone who commits multiple rapes, whether with multiple victims or a single victim repeatedly over a period of time. This list does not include serial killers who raped their victims then killed them; only serial rapists who ...
References
External links
The fall of Juan Carlos Sánchez, the terror of some 500 children in Barranquilla and the Caribbean''
El Heraldo''. (in Spanish)
The macabre story of a man who raped 500 children, recorded them and sold the videos on the Internet''Al Día''. Retrieved January 24, 2018. (in Spanish)
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1980 births
Living people
21st-century criminals
Colombian rapists
Colombian people convicted of rape
People convicted of child sexual abuse
People convicted of child pornography offenses
People from Tolima Department