Pedro Lopez: The Monster of the Andes

“I went after my victims by walking among the markets searching for a girl with a certain look on her face - a look of innocence and beauty…” (www.Crimelibrary.com). These words were spoken by Pedro Alonzo Lopez to Ron Laytner from the National Examiner, during an interview in 1999. Pedro Lopez was a criminal, a murderer, dubbed “The Monster of the Andes.” Research backs up this nickname. According to Court TV’s Crime Library website, and from Lopez’s own confession, Lopez began his killing spree in 1978 and he didn’t stop until he was captured in 1980.

Pedro Alonzo Lopez was born in 1949 in Tolmia, Colombia. His mother was a prostitute who had birthed 13 children. Lopez was number seven. He had an overbearing mother, who made his life difficult. Sadly though, he found out that his home life was much easier than life on the streets. When he was only 8 years old, his mom came home and caught him having sex with his younger sister. His mother immediately kicked him out...