In the spirit of ‘the Satanist’, murderer convicted of Brenda’s crime

Carlos Ariza Martínez, son of the disappeared Yadira Martínez Gutiérrez, in dialogue with EL HERALDO, celebrated the recent measure against Maldonado, who happened to be imprisoned for the woman’s death, who allegedly had a similar sentimental relationship with the man to the story of Brenda Pajaro.

“I am the son of Yadira Martínez Gutiérrez, a victim of Tomás Maldonado Cera. I celebrate the judge’s decision in this case and I would like my mother’s case to go to the same authority. That is my request to God and to the Colombian justice system,” the man indicated.

Yadira Martínez Gutiérrez disappeared on October 12, 2001 after leaving her home with Tomás Maldonado. The relatives of the woman witnessed this, and they also remember that as the days passed, the man returned to the house to find her clothes, and stated that Yadira was well and that she had decided to deal with him independently. become.

“I was living in the United States at the time, and what my aunts tell me is that this man was dating my mother and he would pick her up at home on a motorcycle. The last time he went looking for her was October 12, 2001. When I returned to the country, I asked for my mother and she was there. Nothing more was known about her, despite the fact that the case has been reported to the prosecutor’s office,” he said.

To date, the case of Yadira Martínez is in the stage of testimony in the single specialized court of the circuit of Barranquilla and according to Ariza, the next proceedings will be in October.

This case, under the old Law 600, is the one that keeps alias El Satánico behind bars, because years ago a guarantee check judge was able to grant him freedom due to the expiration of terms in Brenda Pájaro’s trial, the same one for which he is being charged today convicted.

On the other hand, the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation and the Dijín of Bogotá keep files of cases that have a “systematic relationship” between some victims who were apparently close to ‘el Satánico’.

In this sense, documents from the prosecution link the name of Tomás Maldonado Cera to six other bloody events that took place between 2002 and 2004 in Barranquilla and the metropolitan area, in which the victims turned out to be two women and four men: Roberto Antonio Bolaño Ortega, found dead July 2002; Rolando Rufán Romero, 31, found dead in September 2002; Yeison Ariza Banquez, found dead in September 2002; Miguel Alfonso Gil Rodríguez, age 17, found dead November 2002; Aida Rocío Antolinez Lizarazo, 34, found dead in September 2003, and Yilibeth Yirina Manjarrés Almarales, found dead in January 2004.