Levith Rúa

Levith Aldemar Rúa Rodríguez (born October 14, 1987), known as The Beast from the Slaughterhouse and The Monster from the Sixth Entry,[1][2][3][4] is a Colombian-Venezuelan former policeman, serial rapist and murderer.[5][6]

He committed more than a dozen rapes and sexual assaults in the Caribbean region, in addition to killing Gabriela Romero, a business student studying at SENA.

Rúa is known to have been active in various places along the Caribbean Coast, including: Barranquilla, Soledad, Malambo, Valledupar, Cesar, Sincelejo, Sucre and others.

On March 22, 2019, he was sentenced to 37 years imprisonment for raping a minor, which he is serving at the Maximum and Medium Security Prison in Valledupar.

Background

A native of Ponedera, Rúa joined the ranks of the Colombian Police between 2008 and 2010.[7] He was attached at the Cesar Department, where he served as a patrolman. In 2010, he was found guilty of raping and assaulting a woman in Valledupar, for which he served a 7-year prison sentence. He served the sentence in the Maximum and Medium Security Prison, known commonly as "La Tramacúa", where he shared a cell with serial killer Luis Garavito,[8] whom, according to the Office of the Attorney General of Colombia, kidnapped, raped, tortured and murdered at least 172 children across the country.[9]

After serving time, Rúa continued to abuse several women between the ages of 15 and 18, according to police. It is believed that the crimes took place at a hut in Malambo, where furniture, underwear for both sexes, condoms and other items were located. Before his detention, he had raped a Venezuelan woman and murdered Gabriela Romero, a SENA student.

Modus operandi

Rúa's modus operandi consisted of contacting people through social networks, where he offered jobs. He lured the victims to desolate areas, usually full of trees and shrubbery, where he sexually, physically and verbally abused them. Some of the attacks ended with serious injuries, such as fractured jaws and broken teeth due to the severe beatings.[10]

Murder of Gabriela Romero

Gabriela Romero was a SENA student. She was contacted by the former police officer on Facebook, although at first, it appeared that Romero ignored his questions and comments. In the end, however, she was persuaded to start a serious conversation, with the supposed job being her taking care of a child for 800 pesos.[11] After agreeing to the offer, the two met in a shopping center in Barranquilla and left for a wooded area known as "El Tamarindo", in Malambo. This sector was known for its local slaughterhouse, where cattle, buffalo and pigs were butchered. Once they arrived there, Rúa beat, raped and then decapitated Romero.[12]

See also

References
  1. A serial rapist was hiding behind the former police officer KienyKe. Retrieved December 28, 2017. (in Spanish)
  2. Details revealed about the former serial rapist cop in Colombia Noticias Ya. Retrieved December 27, 2017. (in Spanish)
  3. Lau Almaraz, December 19, 2017. Former Colombian police officer becomes a serial rapist CCNews. Retrieved December 27, 2017. (in Spanish)
  4. We follow in the footsteps of the serial rapist captured in Barranquilla Canal 1. Retrieved December 27, 2017. (in Spanish)
  5. Iván Bernal Marín, December 23, 2017. The macabre chat with which 'The Beast from the Slaughterhouse' deceived the decapitated girl in Colombia Infobae.com. Retrieved December 27, 2017. (in Spanish)
  6. Jaime Vélez Guerrero, December 22, 2017. 'The Monster of the Sixth Entry' La Libertad. Retrieved December 27, 2017. (in Spanish)
  7. The man who lured his victims through Facebook to abuse them Semana. Retrieved December 28, 2017. (in Spanish)
  8. Camilo Bermúdez Sotelo, December 23, 2017. Levith Rúa: Garavito's apprentice La Libertad. Retrieved December 28, 2017. (in Spanish)
  9. Luis Alfredo Garavito's 172 child victims Fiscalía General. Retrieved December 28, 2017. (in Spanish)
  10. Iván Bernal Marín, December 19, 2017. The file of "The Beast from the Slaughterhouse", the former policeman who raped 13 women and terrorized an entire region Infobae.com. Retrieved December 27, 2017. (in Spanish)
  11. It was "The Beast from the Slaughterhouse" who deceived Gabriela on Facebook El Heraldo. Retrieved December 27, 2017. (in Spanish)
  12. They found a SENA student beheaded, who disappeared three weeks ago El Espectador. Retrieved December 27, 2017. (in Spanish)
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