Hugo Osorio

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Osorio and the second or maternal family name is Chávez.

Hugo Osorio
Born	Hugo Ernesto Osorio Chávez 1970 (age 54–55) El Salvador
Status	Incarcerated
Criminal penalty	70 years
Details
Victims	14–40
Span of crimes	2019–2021
Country	El Salvador
State(s)	Santa Ana
Date apprehended	7 May 2021

Hugo Ernesto Osorio Chávez (born 1970) is a Salvadoran serial killer. Nicknamed "The Psychopath of Chalchuapa" (Spanish: El Psicópata de Chalchuapa), he was convicted of murdering 14 people, whom he had buried in his home.

Biography

Osorio worked as a police officer and was an alleged member of an organized criminal group.[1] He killed several people whose bodies he buried in his home in Chalchuapa. Most of his victims were women whom he lured with deception through social networks, in which he offered employment to them, such as the opportunity to immigrate to the United States, or simply invited them on romantic dates. Once they came to his home, he subdued, raped, and murdered them. It is known that his last two victims, a 57-year-old woman and her 26-year-old daughter, were beaten to death with a pipe.[2][3] When he was arrested on 7 May 2021, he confessed to the murders to the police.[4]

Osorio was convicted of the murders and sentenced to 70 years in prison on 10 June 2022.[5][6]

References

1. Salcido, Andrea (14 May 2021). "El Salvador police arrested an ex-officer for two murders. Then they found a mass grave of women in his yard". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022.
2. "El Salvador: encuentran 14 cadáveres en casa de expolicía". Los Angeles Times en Español (in Spanish). 20 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
3. "Perfil. El "psicópata" de Chalchuapa, el asesino desapercibido de El Salvador". El Universal (in Spanish). 23 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
4. Hurst, Jeff (17 June 2021). "A Former Cop Has Confessed to Being a Serial Killer". Vice.
5. Jordán, Laura (26 February 2024). "Jueza condenó a acusados fosa Chalchuapa por ser vecinos o amigos de Hugo Osorio" (in Spanish). La Prensa Gráfica.
6. 1Beltrán Luna, Jorge; Orellana, Jessica. "70 años le imponen a Hugo Osorio" (in Spanish). Noticias de El Salvador.