Adolfredo Rafael Matos González, known as the “Modeling Monster”, was delivered by Colombia to the authorities of Venezuela, where he must answer for alleged sexual crimes against girls and adolescents.
The extradition took place in an operation coordinated by the Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Interpol (Dijin) and Migration Colombia, after a judicial and administrative process that lasted more than a decade.
Matos González was captured on August 15, 2015 in Riohacha, capital of the Colombian department of La Guajira, in a procedure of the Childhood and Adolescence Unit for an investigation related to pornography with minors under 18 years of age.
The Venezuelan authorities were looking for him for his connection with the Latin Model International academy, an establishment that he allegedly used as a front to photograph minors in intimate situations.
According to court documentation, The suspect allegedly approached the parents first to gain their trust and then contacted the minors. through modeling activities and photo shoots.
The Venezuelan authorities They maintain that some would have been photographed naked and, that material ended up distributed on pages with pornographic content.
The investigations indicated that the events would have affected at least six victims between July 1, 2013 and March 22, 2014, mainly in the Maracaibo municipality of the Zulia state.
Similar complaints also arose from minors from Barrancas, Hatonuevo and Riohacha, in Colombia’s La Guajira. Specifically, Venezuela requires it for sexual abuse against girls and adolescents, exhibition of pornography to minors, use of adolescents to commit crimes and threats.
After his capture, the Colombian Attorney General’s Office received the request for preventive detention for extradition purposes presented by Venezuela. On September 4, 2015, when he was being held in a prison in Riohacha, he was notified of the arrest warrant for that purpose.
Venezuela formalized the request through a diplomatic note dated November 25, 2015. The case reached the Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia, whose Criminal Cassation Chamber issued a ruling favorable to extradition in decision CP008-2017, file 47242.
Then, through Executive Resolution 097 of February 24, 2017, The Colombian government decided on the request. The competent courts in Venezuela must now examine the facts.
