What happened
Daniel Camargo Barbosa was a Colombian serial killer whose crimes against girls and young women occurred in Colombia and later Ecuador.
The investigation
He had already been imprisoned in Colombia before escaping custody. After moving to Ecuador, investigators connected a series of killings to him and arrested him in 1986.
What the courts or investigators concluded
Camargo was convicted in Ecuador and received a lengthy prison sentence. He was killed by another inmate in 1994.
Why the case remains significant
His case, like that of other cross-border offenders in the region, exposed how escape, migration and fragmented records could complicate serial-homicide investigations.
Case context
Crime by Region organizes cases geographically so readers can move from one file to other investigations from the same country. For unresolved or contested cases, the wording above reflects the distinction between confirmed events, investigative theories and findings actually established in court.