Javier Hernán Pino
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Javier Hernán Pino | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1990 (age 34–35) |
| Other names | The New Robledo Puch |
| Conviction | Murder x5 |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment x3 |
| Details | |
| Victims | 5 |
Span of crimes | February – October 2015 |
| Country | Argentina |
| States | Buenos Aires, Salta, Santa Fe |
Date apprehended | October 21, 2015 |
| Imprisoned at | Coronda Prison |
Javier Hernán Pino (born 1990) is an Argentine serial killer. Between February and October 2015, he befriended and deceived five people into trusting him, before shooting them in the head with a silenced pistol and robbing them of their belongings.[1] For his crimes, he was sentenced to three counts of life imprisonment, which he is now serving at the Coronda Prison in Santa Fe Province.[2]
Javier Pino's modus operandi was to befriend a suitable victim, and by gaining their trust, he took advantage of their lowered guards to assault and shoot them in the head execution-style with his 9mm silenced Taurus pistol. The first to be murdered was 40-year-old Chinese merchant Ni Qi Fu in Buenos Aires. He was shot a total of eight times in the head, abdomen and left arm, dying from his injuries on February 16, 2015.[1]
In the following two months, Pino struck up a friendship with 38-year-old masseuse Claudia Sosa, whom he aided with her move to Buenos Aires. On April 8, he was invited into her apartment on 1545 Tucúman Street, where he proceeded to shoot her in the neck, killing Sosa on the spot. After killing Sosa, he stole a computer, a cell phone and 1,900 pesos before leaving the area.[1]
Pino would strike twice more before his capture: on July 13, when he murdered 28-year-old service station employee Ariel Fernando Ríos in El Galpón, and the second time on October 16, when he murdered siblings Agustina (28) and Javier Ponisio (25) in Rosario.[1]