Buenaventura Nepomuceno Matallana (September 1891 – 24 January 1960) was a Colombian criminal, murderer, and suspected serial killer.
[1] His trial, prolonged and complicated by deceit of the defendant's legal expert and by the weakness of the research organizations, caused great sensation and expectation in the Colombian society.
Gabrial García Márquez said in one of his chronicles that "...the public hearings that are held in Bogotá to judge Nepomuceno Matallana, the famous Doctor Mata, are making competition to The right to be born", referring to the radionovela that caused the greatest national harmony.
In the same conditions, Hipólito Herrera, the accomplice active in Forero's murder, was convicted and confessed to the police the exact location of the body in exchange for chicken broth.
[5] Two days later, he received a religious ceremony in the National Voto temple, after which he was buried in the Central Cemetery of Bogotá.