The Most Famous
EXTREMISTS from Colombia
This page contains a list of the greatest Colombian Extremists. The pantheon dataset contains 209 Extremists, 2 of which were born in Colombia. This makes Colombia the birth place of the 22nd most number of Extremists behind Belgium and Norway.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Colombian Extremists of all time. This list of famous Colombian Extremists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Pedro López (1948 - )
With an HPI of 57.74, Pedro López is the most famous Colombian Extremist. His biography has been translated into 21 different languages on wikipedia.
Pedro Alonso López (born 8 October 1948), also known as The Monster of the Andes, is a Colombian serial killer, child rapist, and fugitive who murdered a minimum of 110 people, mostly young women and girls, from 1969 to 1980. López claimed to have murdered over 300 people. He is considered by many as one of the most prolific serial killers and rapists in history.
2. Luis Garavito (1957 - 2023)
With an HPI of 54.34, Luis Garavito is the 2nd most famous Colombian Extremist. His biography has been translated into 27 different languages.
Luis Alfredo Garavito Cubillos (25 January 1957 – 12 October 2023), also known as La Bestia ("The Beast") or Tribilín ("Goofy"), was a Colombian serial killer, sex offender, pedophile, and necrophile. In October 1999, he confessed to committing the rape, torture, mutilation, and murder of 147 minors, predominantly young men and boys in western Colombia. Beginning a series of torture-rapes on minors aged 6 to 16 in the autumn of 1980, Garavito was estimated to have raped and tortured a minimum of 200 minors, before committing the rape, torture, mutilation, and murder of an additional 189 minors in Colombia from 4 October 1992 to 21 April 1999, and a further four murders in Ecuador during the summer of 1998. Apprehended on 22 April 1999 for the attempted rape of 12-year-old John Iván Sabogal, Garavito was held under suspicion for several months until he confessed on 28 October 1999. The court ruled that Garavito should serve sentences totalling 1,853 years and 9 days in jail. Between his Colombian and Ecuadorian victims, Garavito is confirmed to have murdered at least 193 minors in total, making him the most prolific serial killer and child molester in modern history. If his 2003 confession is to be believed, his murders of 23 minors and 5 adults would raise his murder victim count to 221.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as extremists born between 1948 and 1957. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living extremists include Pedro López. The most famous deceased extremists include Luis Garavito.
