Javier Hernán Pino

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. 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.

Murders 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. Pino was additionally charged with killing Fu and Sosa, with additional evidence coming up in the latter case, as DNA evidence found on a cup of coffee was discovered to be Pino's. He was put on trial before the Buenos Aires courts, with four prosecutors from the three cities in which the crimes were committed present. In the media, comparisons were drawn with the infamous Argentine serial killer Robledo Puch, due to the similar circumstances of their crimes. He was found guilty of the two murders, and received a third life imprisonment term. Pino is currently serving his sentence at the Coronda Prison in Santa Fe Province.