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Luis Garavito

Colombian serial killer and sex offender (1957–2023)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 23, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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Luis Alfredo Garavito Cubillos, also known as La Bestia or Tribilín ("Goofy"), was a Colombian serial killer and sex offender who sexually assaulted 200 victims before murdering 193 victims, mostly young men and boys from 1992 to 1999 in western Colombia.

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The public source identifies “Luis Garavito” as colombian serial killer and sex offender (1957–2023). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Luis, Garavito and Colombian.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1992, 1999—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Luis, Garavito and Colombian providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Luis Garavito” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.