Here's How Many Victims The Monster Of The Andes Had

López told Laynter, "There is a wonderful moment, a divine moment when I have my hands around a young girl's throat. I look into her eyes and see a certain light, a spark, suddenly go out. Only those who kill will know what I mean."

Even as López seemed to live a life of murder with impunity, he was caught once in Peru after he tried to kidnap a 9-year-old girl, but it wasn't police who caught him. It was the native Ayachucos community, according to Biography. They used tribal law to decide his punishment, which was to be buried alive. Yet Biography reported a Western missionary talked them into turning him over to Peruvian police, who simply deported him to Colombia, where he made his way to Ecuador to resume raping and killing children. 

It was in that country that López was finally caught. According to 9 News, a flash flood in 1979 in the city of Ambato revealed the bodies of four young girls who were buried together, putting the town on alert that there was a predator in their midst. A few days later, López was caught trying to take a 10-year-old girl and was arrested by police. 

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