A man known as the “Monster of the Andes” has confessed to the killing of hundreds of young girls across South America. Despite being caught, he went in and out of prison for years, and his whereabouts remain a mystery today.
Pedro Alonso López was born in Colombia’s Tolima region in 1948. His father was fatally shot before he was born, and his mother, a s*x worker, raised him and his 13 siblings in poverty.
Pedro Alonso López, known as the “Monster of the Andes,” confessed to strangling hundreds of girls across South America
Trigger warning: The following story includes references to crimes and child assault
López claimed he grew up in a violent household and that his mother would often sleep with his stepfather in front of him. He also claimed he was kicked out of his house at the ag

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