News from Colombia: a Colombian has fallen who allegedly killed eight people in eight days in Chile – Other cities – Colombia

On Monday, Chilean police captured Diego Alexander Ruíz Restrepo, a 30-year-old Colombian man accused of killing eight people in eight days in the Meiggs neighborhood, the center of the Chilean capital.

According to information revealed to the public by the North Central Prosecutor’s Office, the defendant killed his victims while they slept and most were in a street situation. Furthermore, one of his victims would be another Colombian citizen.

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The murders reportedly took place between November 1 and November 8 in a perimeter of the Meiggs neighborhood., more precisely in the area between the municipalities of Santiago and Estación Central, an area close to the intersection of Avenida Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins with Matucana.

The Chilean police team broke into Ruíz Restrepo’s apartment this Monday at 3pm, where they found clothes and knives that would have made him suspicious in the events that kept Santiago in shock, which is why a detention operation that has allowed the capture of Ruíz in Diego Portales street of the municipality of Central Station.

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However, these are not the only evidence against Ruíz Restrepo. According to Mario Rozas, director general of the Chilean police, the capture is preceded by a vast cross-section of information provided by the videos of the security cameras and the testimony of witnesses.

“Until now there is a model of conduct and there are means of proof that place Ruíz Restrepo in the place of events,” said Rozas.

According to information from the North Central Attorney’s Office, Ruiz’s modus operandi was to approach his victims while they slept. He approached them and attacked them to death with a knife.

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According to the newspaper La Opinion de Chile, the first murder was recorded at 6:15 am on November 1, when he repeatedly stabbed a man identified as Carlos Rivas, a Colombian citizen in a street situation. who received several stabs while he slept, although other versions claim it was the product of a fight.

Then about 25 minutes later, Police records assure Ruíz would have done the same with an adult over the age of 64, even while the victim slept.

His criminal actions surprised the police and prosecutors, because – unlike the usual serial killers prototypes – Ruíz did not interact with his victims.

“The inmate’s characteristics have been quite special ever since he did not interact with the victims, many of them were even sleeping when he, without provocation, stabbed them“said Pamela Contreras, attorney at the North Central Procuratorate in Santiago.

According to Contreras, Ruíz Restrepo has already confessed to many of the murders for which he was identified. However, he did not explain their motives.

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The capture of this alleged serial killer caused a stir in Santiago. In social networks, people have argued that it is incorrect that they allow people with legal problems to enter Chile and that if they commit crimes on Chilean territory they are deported to their country of origin.

However, it is not necessary to present the judicial past when entering the southern country. In fact, the Chilean Undersecretary for the Interior, Juan Francisco Galli, underlined this Ruíz regularly entered Chile in 2013 as a tourist.

“The detainee tried to regularize his immigrant status in both 2018 and 2019, but due to a dirty criminal record and being involved in surprise robbery offenses, this regularization was rejected. that we have, so far was with a rooting order and in irregular conditions in Chile, “said Undersecretary Galli.

After the arrest, the prosecutor in charge of the case, Pamela Contreras, ordered to extend the investigation period into the crimes of Ruíz Restrepo, as it is believed that two people in serious health conditions were admitted to the San José hospital and to the central post office, in Santiago, were also his victims. Until now they would have survived and their testimonies would have been fundamental in the trial against the Colombian.

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Furthermore, the Chilean authorities are investigating Ruiz’s involvement in a murder that took place in March in the same perimeter where the seven he is accused of were presented.

For his part, the Minister of the Interior of Chile, Rodrigo Delgado, He expressed his dismay and that of the Chilean people at these events, and stressed the speed of police action against this “serial killer”.

“We are quite dismayed by this situation which affects at least six victims, four of them, people living on the street. Obviously the death of a person will always be a cause of deep sadness, but when we are in the presence of a murder, with such horrible characteristics, like serial murder, “Minister Delgado said.

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DUVÁN ÁLVAREZ D.
Publisher of EL TIEMPO