| Jorge Ignacio Palma | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jorge Ignacio Palma J. (1981-11-08) 8 November 1981 (age 43) Ibagué, Colombia |
| Other names | "The Butcher" |
| Conviction(s) | Murder x3 Drug trafficking x3 Rape ×10 |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment x3 |
| Details | |
| Victims | 3+ |
| Span of crimes | 2019–2020 |
| Country | Spain |
| State(s) | Valencia |
| Date apprehended | 2020 |
Jorge Ignacio Palma (born 8 November 1981), also known as The Butcher, is a murderer, rapist and serial killer responsible for the murders of three women in Spain. In November 2019, he confessed to murdering and dismembering Marta Calvo. In July 2022 he was found guilty on all counts.
Due to his modus operandi, the Spanish authorities consider him a serial killer.
Background
Palma was born in the Colombian city of Ibagué. In 2004, the Spanish Civil Guard designated him as a member of a drug trafficking ring centred around Extremadura. The organization linked him and 14 other people with the drug trade, and in the end, Palma admitted responsibility, claiming to have collected the haul from Algeciras and then taken it to Llerena. For this, he was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment.
In 2008, he was arrested in Brescia, Italy for carrying and trafficking hallucinogenic substances (9 kilograms of cocaine were seized), accompanied by his grandfather and a fellow trafficker from Romania. He was additionally implicated in the trafficking of 300 grams of cocaine to Pamplona, Spain.
Murders
Palma has been officially linked to the murder and subsequent dismemberment of 25-year-old Marta Calvo. After a series of investigations into the case, Palma confessed to butchering Calvo, and dumping her body parts in different garbage containers. The search for her remains is ongoing.
The authorities in Valencia, where the murder took place, are assured that Palma is responsible for several murders on the European continent, but so far has been tied to only two. One of them, a Colombian prostitute named Lady Marcela Vargas, with whom Palma had had sexual relations, was found dead in the Russafa neighbourhood. The initial cause of death was thought to be an accidental drug overdose, but it was later determined that Palma likely forced her to take it.
He has also been formally charged with the death of Brazilian prostitute Arliene Ramos. Like the other cases, she had had sexual relations and used drugs together with Palma.
See also
References
- "Ibaguéreño is accused of butchering women in Europe". El Irreverente (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- Cabanes, Teresa Domínguez, Ignacio (23 July 2022). "Jorge Palma, culpable de todo". Levante-EMV (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 July 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Cabanes, Teresa Domínguez, Ignacio (22 July 2022). "Jorge Ignacio P. J. será condenado a prisión permanente revisable por triple asesinato". Levante-EMV (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 July 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - "The police confirm that the alleged murderer of Marta Calvo is a serial killer". La Opinión A Coruña (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- The suspect in the death of Marta Calvo was detained for drug trafficking in Llerena Hoy. Accessed on 31 May 2020. (in Spanish)
- Ignacio Cabanes (16 December 2019). Profile of Jorge Ignacio P.J.: a man very close to his mother and a lover of esotericism El Periódico Mediterráneo. Accessed on 31 May 2020. (in Spanish)
- Samuel Barreto Bonilla (5 December 2019). Ibaguéreño confessed to butchering a woman in Spain Alerta Tolima. Accessed on 31 May 2020. (in Spanish)