This Sunday, four strokes put an end to one of the most terrible criminal figures in the history of South America: Pedrinho Matador.
Pedro Rodrigues Filho was born in 1954, in Santa Rita do Sapucaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and 14 years later he was already a murderer. His first victim was his father’s boss, a man who brought grief to his family.
A year before that fateful episode, his cousin had pushed him against a sugar cane field, causing him multiple injuries, and had involuntarily unleashed himself on him (this was confirmed by Pedrinho himself years later). an uncontrollable thirst to kill.
I couldn’t stop killing
In his youth, after dating María Olimpia, the widow of one of the most dangerous drug traffickers in Brazil, Pedrinho became fully involved in drug trafficking and increased his criminal raid.
He said he never killed good people. More drug traffickers, murderers, rapists, pedophiles and traitors They were his favorite victims.
The vengeance of those who hurt their loved ones was relentless. When a rival gang killed María, a wedding of the opposing gang was the perfect setting to unleash the retaliation.
He also killed his father after learning he killed his mother while in prison.
When, fortunately, his father was imprisoned in his own district when he had the opportunity he ripped his heart out with a machete and threw the organ to the ground.
“I opened it and threw it away,” he said in an interview, denying internet portals that claimed Pedrinho ate the heart of the man who gave him life. His brother-in-law, his sister’s killer, was also his prey.
“I kill for pleasure”
Pedrinho got the phrase “I kill for Prazer” tattooed. (I kill for pleasure). In his criminal history, which runs from 1967 to 2003, believed to have killed more than 100 people40 of them were other prisoners who shared the prison with him.
In 1973, Filho was sentenced to 128 years in prison. He was due to be released in 2003, but he wasn’t released for all the murders he committed within the precinct. For this reason the sentence was raised to 400 years..
In 2007, Pedrinho was finally released from prison, as the new Brazilian penal codes did not allow a person to be locked up for more than 30 consecutive years (Matador was 34 years old).
Having used up his freedom, Matador worked most of the time as a watchman. In 2011, however, he was arrested again for threats, illegal possession of weapons and participation in illegal riots, causes of which he was released in full in 2018.
In recent times, Pedrinho had a YouTube channel where he told his criminal history and gave advice to young people so that they did not make an attempt on human life.
his assassination
The military police reported that the serial killer was shot and killed in Mogi das Cruzes (São Paulo) this Sunday at 10 in the morning. It is still unknown who killed him or why.
A black car allegedly approached the 69-year-old man as he stood on the sidewalk of his home and one of the occupants of the vehicle allegedly shot him at least four timesindicated local news portal R7.
The Mobile Emergency Service (SAMU) confirmed Pedrinho’s death at the scene. Meanwhile, teams from 1st Company of the Metropolitan Military Police’s 17th Battalion (BPM/M) are preserving the area.
R7 reported that although the 3rd Police District of Mogi das Cruzes is responsible for the region, due to the weekend shift the case will be forwarded to the Judicial Police Center.
Source: Clarin
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