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of a firearm and unlawful possession of weapons. Rodríguez escaped from prison on
January 17, 1991, and fled to the mountains of Anaga. Originally he moved home, with the intention of murdering his wife, because she had distanced herself from him while he was in prison. Although, he could not do it because she was accompanied by family and friends. Damaso moves to the mountains, waiting for the opportunity to assassinate his wife.
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indicate that they had pled for their lives, but Rodríguez had no compassion. Speculations, sightings, the fugitive's escape at the last moment, robberies in caves and in the houses of hunters or farmers fed the legend of "El Brujo". Later, he would sexually assault another woman, a neighbor of the place.
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Investigators from the
National Police asked around the area about a violent individual, a "night stalker", who knew the mountains and also strolled about at night looking for couples. All information pointed to Dámaso Rodríguez. "El Brujo" was sentenced to 55 years in prison for murder, rape, theft
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His family was very poor, but despite this, his parents tried to give him a good education. The young Rodríguez however started to perform criminal acts at a very young age. When he was just 17, he was accused of theft and arrested, and after his release a year later in
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premiered a series entitled "Noche del Crimen" that reconstructs the most famous crimes that have taken place in the Canary
Islands in recent years. The series was directed by the Canarian filmmaker Javier Caldas. One of the episodes of the series was dedicated to Dámaso Rodríguez Martín, being the
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When the non-commissioned officer tried to enter, he was met with shotgun fire. The agent returned fire, shooting several times, but "El Brujo" had no intentions of surrendering. Instead, he opted to end his life, placing his hunting shotgun under his chin and firing using his toes. However, due to
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January 23, the body of German tourist Karl Flick was found on the forest road leading to El Solís. The next day, at 3:15 PM, in a remote area of the Roque de El Moquinal, the Civil Guard recovered the body of his wife, Marta Küpper, who had obvious signs of strangulation. Everybody seemed to
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who liked to watch couples having sex. He then killed the young man and beat and sexually assaulted the girl while her dead boyfriend's body was still in the vehicle. He then drove the body and the girl to "Llano de los Viejos", where he abandoned them.
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couple, "El Brujo" became the most wanted criminal by Spain's security forces. Due to the severity of his crimes and the media coverage surrounding them, Dámaso is regarded as the Canary
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the length of the weapon, he survived. Subsequently, there was another exchange between the officer and Rodríguez, whom successfully killed himself in the second encounter.
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most successful reconstruction of the case. On this occasion, the reconstruction of the crimes was scripted and directed by Aaron J. Melián, with music by Raúl Capote.
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Tenerife, and in 1967 married Mercedes Martín Rodríguez and settled in a place known as El Peladero, in the village of
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of that year, mainly due to the fear that aroused among the people that the murderer would show up in a costume, and could easily escape.
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Dámaso Rodríguez Martín was born on
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