"Lobo Feroz", the Colombian who raped more than 250 children, was sentenced to 60 years in prison

A man accused of badually badaulting at least 276 children and adolescents in Colombia was sentenced Wednesday to 60 years in prison for various crimes related to these crimes, the prosecutor said.

"The judge sentenced Juan Carlos Sánchez to 60 years in prison", who is currently detained at the La Picota maximum security prison in Bogotá, said the accuser on Twitter, describing this decision as "exemplary measure"

In Colombia, six years is the maximum sentence for badual abuse of minors.

Known as "Lobo Feroz", Sanchez had accepted accusations in September of abusive bad with people under the age of 14, badual acts with minors under 14, violent badual relations, and pedobadgraphy imputed by the prosecution.

The 38-year-old man, He approached his victims in the shopping centers of Barranquillaor he offered them money to take them to places where he has "committed badual acts" that he then shared on the Internet. According to the prosecution, only the city has registered more than 91 cases of victims.

Sánchez was arrested on November 29, 2017 in Maracaibo, Venezuelan city, after a five-year hunt by the Colombian police. In January 2018, Bogotá formalized the request for extradition before Venezuela and Sánchez was sent to the country in September of the same year.

The Colombian authorities found him following a warning from Mexican security agencies after capturing a man with hundreds of videos Sánchez had sent him. he identified himself in his emails as "Lobo Feroz".

According to the Colombian prosecutor's office, the man pedophile videos sold with violations. same it was found that he sometimes sent the picture of the children to their clients to select their victim. The Colombian authorities say that there may be more victims of this rapist in Venezuela.

Alias ​​"Lobo Feroz" had already been captured in his hometown, Barranquilla, in 2005 and 2008 for crimes of abusive bad and badual intercourse with a minor under 14 years old. In both cases, he was released because of the expiry of the judicial warrant.

The Colombian police opened investigations against Sanchez in 2005, during which time she reported 50 alleged child abuse in gambling halls, before driving to hotels or their homes by deception. .

(With information from AFP and EFE)