Instinto Asesino
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Instinto Asesino is a series produced by Endemol
Argentina for the Discovery Channel
. Each episode portrays a notorious serial killer case occurred in a country from Latin America
. So far were depicted cases occurred in Argentina
, Brazil
, Colombia
and Mexico
.
The first season featured six cases and the death toll caused by the six criminals combined surpasses one hundred victims, most of them women and children.
A second season is currently airing in Latin America, with eight episodes total.
The opening episode discusses the case of Manuel Octavio Bermúdez, a Colombian pedophile and serial killer. His Nickname is "El Monstruo de los Cañaduzales" (The Monster of the Cane Fields). He confessed to the rape and murder of 32 children in remote areas of Colombia between 1999 and 2003.
Juana Barraza
is a Mexican thief and serial killer. Her Nickname is "La Mataviejitas" (The Old Lady Killer). Arrested for killing several middle-aged women and stealing possessions of them between the late 1990s and 2006. There are questions about the real number of her victims, estimated between 25 to more than 40.
Francisco de Assis Pereira is a Brazilian rapist and serial killer. His Nickname is "O Maníaco do Parque" (The Maniac in the Park). He was arrested for the torture, rape and death of 11 women and for assaulting nine in a park in São Paulo
, Brazil during the 1990s. Pereira found his victims by posing as a talent scout for a modeling agency.
A student, Rafael "Junior" Solich, was responsible for the school shooting at the Islas Malvinas middle school which occurred in 2004 in the city of Carmen de Patagones
, Argentina, killing four students and wounding another five. On location filming at the school where the tragedy occurred was blocked by Argentine officials.
Adolfo Constanzo
was an American serial killer, drug dealer and cult leader. His nickname was "El Padrino de Matamoros
" (The Godfather of Matamoros). His cult is responsible for a series of human sacrifice
s in Matamoros, Mexico during the 1980s. He was killed in the arms of his homosexual lover on his own orders.
Marcelo Costa de Andrade, a Brazilian pedophile and serial killer, confessed the rape and death of 14 children in the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro
and Niterói
in 1991. His habit to drink the blood of his victims earned him the nickname "O Vampiro de Niterói" (The Vampire of Niterói).
Endemol
Endemol is an international television production and distribution company based in the Netherlands, with subsidiaries and joint ventures in 23 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Poland,...
Argentina for the Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...
. Each episode portrays a notorious serial killer case occurred in a country from Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
. So far were depicted cases occurred in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
and Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
.
The first season featured six cases and the death toll caused by the six criminals combined surpasses one hundred victims, most of them women and children.
A second season is currently airing in Latin America, with eight episodes total.
1. "El Monstruo de los Cañaduzales"
- Broadcast 6 April 2010
The opening episode discusses the case of Manuel Octavio Bermúdez, a Colombian pedophile and serial killer. His Nickname is "El Monstruo de los Cañaduzales" (The Monster of the Cane Fields). He confessed to the rape and murder of 32 children in remote areas of Colombia between 1999 and 2003.
2. "La Mataviejitas"
- Broadcast 13 April 2010
Juana Barraza
Juana Barraza
Juana Barraza is a Mexican professional wrestler and serial killer dubbed La Mataviejitas sentenced to 759 years in jail for killing eleven elderly women. The first murder attributed to Mataviejitas has been dated variously to the late 1990s and to a specific killing on 17 November 2003...
is a Mexican thief and serial killer. Her Nickname is "La Mataviejitas" (The Old Lady Killer). Arrested for killing several middle-aged women and stealing possessions of them between the late 1990s and 2006. There are questions about the real number of her victims, estimated between 25 to more than 40.
3. "El Maniaco del Parque"
- Broadcast 20 April 2010
Francisco de Assis Pereira is a Brazilian rapist and serial killer. His Nickname is "O Maníaco do Parque" (The Maniac in the Park). He was arrested for the torture, rape and death of 11 women and for assaulting nine in a park in São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, Brazil during the 1990s. Pereira found his victims by posing as a talent scout for a modeling agency.
4. "Masacre Escolar"
- Broadcast 27 April 2010
A student, Rafael "Junior" Solich, was responsible for the school shooting at the Islas Malvinas middle school which occurred in 2004 in the city of Carmen de Patagones
Carmen de Patagones
- Geography :It is located 937 km from the city of Buenos Aires, on the north bank of the Río Negro , near the Atlantic Ocean, and opposite Viedma, capital of the province of Río Negro...
, Argentina, killing four students and wounding another five. On location filming at the school where the tragedy occurred was blocked by Argentine officials.
5. "El Padrino"
- Broadcast 4 May 2010
Adolfo Constanzo
Adolfo Constanzo
Adolfo de Jesús Constanzo was an American serial killer, drug dealer and cult leader. His nickname was El Padrino de Matamoros .- Early years :...
was an American serial killer, drug dealer and cult leader. His nickname was "El Padrino de Matamoros
Matamoros, Tamaulipas
Matamoros, officially known as Heroica Matamoros, is a city in the northeastern part of Tamaulipas, in the country of Mexico. It is located on the southern bank of the Rio Grande, directly across the border from Brownsville, Texas, in the United States. Matamoros is the second largest and second...
" (The Godfather of Matamoros). His cult is responsible for a series of human sacrifice
Human sacrifice
Human sacrifice is the act of killing one or more human beings as part of a religious ritual . Its typology closely parallels the various practices of ritual slaughter of animals and of religious sacrifice in general. Human sacrifice has been practised in various cultures throughout history...
s in Matamoros, Mexico during the 1980s. He was killed in the arms of his homosexual lover on his own orders.
6. "El Vampiro de Niteroi"
- Broadcast 11 May 2010
Marcelo Costa de Andrade, a Brazilian pedophile and serial killer, confessed the rape and death of 14 children in the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
and Niterói
Niterói
Niterói is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeast region of Brazil. It has an estimated population of 487,327 inhabitants and an area of ², being the sixth most populous city in the state and the highest Human Development Index. Integrates the Metropolitan Region of Rio de...
in 1991. His habit to drink the blood of his victims earned him the nickname "O Vampiro de Niterói" (The Vampire of Niterói).
1. "Bruja Asesina"
- Broadcast 7 February 2011
- In Colombia, the case of a woman claiming to be a witch, and accused of killing at least eight people after being invited to their houses to perform rituals of healing and protection, but drugging her victims before taking their lives instead. Despite being sentenced to forty years of prison, she is currently on house arrest due to misconducts on her trial.
2. "La Massacre de Pozzeto"
- Broadcast 14 February 2011
- Colombia, 1986. An American Vietnam WarVietnam WarThe Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
veteran, Campo Elías DelgadoCampo Elías DelgadoCampo Elías Delgado was a Colombian Vietnam War veteran who killed 30 people, and wounded 15 more, most of them at a luxurious Bogotá restaurant called Pozzetto, before apparently being shot dead by police...
, murders his own mother triggering a killing spree that resulted in thirty people dead, the last to die being the murder himself. 25 years later, a forensics team try to determine if the man took his own life, or was killed during the shootout at the restaurant Pozetto where his body was found.
3. "El Monstruo de Rio Claro"
- Broadcast 21 February 2011
- The Brazilian city of Rio Claro was terrorized during the 1990's by a serial rapist and killer who according to his own testimony, had taken the lives of at least one hundred children before being arrested. Despite the real number of victims is unknown, he was convicted for the death of at least nine children.
4. "El Maniaco de Trianon"
- São Paulo, Brazil. By the first years of the decade of 1980, with increasing anxiety in the gay community due to AIDSAIDSAcquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
, a male prostitute is responsible for the death of 13 of his clients, all of them homosexuals.
5. "La Hiena de Querétaro"
- 1989, Querétaro, Mexico. After having a serious argument with her husband, Claudia Mijangos grabs some knives and slays all her three children. Two decades later, there is still many questions unanswered about the crime, including her supposed infatuation for one of the local priests and its possible connection with the murder of her children.
6. "El Sadico"
- 2005, Mexico City. An ex-member of the military, Raúl Osiel MarroquínRaúl Osiel MarroquínRaúl Osiel Marroquín Reyes is a Mexican serial killer.-Crimes:Marroquin confessed to luring gay men from bars in order to kill them. He tortured his four victims by hanging or choking them, but in two cases it is said that he released men he had kidnapped once he had received a ransom...
, pretends to be a homosexual and attracted four young homosexual boys to his house, where they were tortured and executed with the help of an accomplice, regardless of having been paid for their ransoms or not.
7. "La Casa del Horror"
- 2003, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The disappearance of nine-year-old Marela Martínez caused widespread commotion when an international effort to search for the child was established. Five months later, the bodies of two girls raped and beaten to death (including Marela's) were found at a neighbor's house. The arrest of the criminal was only part of the dark story surrounding him and the child's family.
8. "Viuda Negra"
- 2003, Cordoba, Argentina. The suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of a senior citizen put the police on the trail of a "Black Widow" who seduced older men in order to take possession of their assets and even poisoned some of them to death.