After a two-week manhunt, authorities have arrested the suspected fugitive mother-in-law accused of killing a former Mexican beauty queen, Mexican officials announced Thursday.
Authorities said 27-year-old Carolina Flores Gómez, who was crowned Miss Teen Universe Baja California in 2017, was fatally shot on April 15 in her apartment in one of Mexico City’s most affluent neighborhoods. according to to local outlet El País.
Erika María Herrera was captured in Venezuela after Mexican authorities obtained an arrest warrant and, working with Interpol, issued a Red Notice, allowing Venezuelan law enforcement officials to locate and detain her after the alleged murder, Mexican officials said.
“The detainee is currently in the custody of authorities in that country while the necessary procedures are carried out to formalize her extradition to Mexico,” the Mexico City Attorney General’s Office said.
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Carolina Flores Gómez was found shot to death in her luxury apartment in Mexico City on April 15. Her mother-in-law is the main suspect in the suspected murder. (Jam-press)
Herrera was identified as the prime suspect in the murder investigation, according to local reports, after video evidence later surfaced on social media showing the mother-in-law at the scene.
The victim was found with 12 gunshot wounds, including six to the head and six to the chest, in an apartment in the Polanco neighborhood she shared with Herrera’s son Alejandro and the couple’s eight-month-old child. reported.
The son is also under investigation after reports indicate he allowed his mother to flee before reporting the shooting the next day, raising the possibility of a cover-up, El País added.
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Video recorded by a baby monitor and issued from local newspaper Reforma, appeared to capture the moments leading up to the alleged murder, while the son was nearby to care for the baby.
In the clip, the mother was seen following Flores into a room before multiple gunshots were heard, followed by a scream.
In response, the son appeared to walk into the frame holding his child to confront his mother and ask what happened.
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Mexican prosecutors have opened a murder case into the death of former beauty queen Carolina Flores Gómez. (Jam-press)
In a stunning twist, Maria seemed to respond callously to her son.
“Nothing, she just made me angry,” the mother said as she walked away.
‘What are you doing? She is my family,” he said.
The mother was then heard explaining: “You’re mine, and she stole you.”
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Former beauty queen Carolina Flores Gómez, 27, was found dead in her Mexico City apartment. (Jam-press)
Flores’ mother, Reyna Gomez Molina, told Univision News reportedly delayed reporting the incident to the son for fear the child would be placed in foster care.
‘Under the impression that if he was arrested, the baby would go to a children’s home. He made sure to record videos so they knew how to feed the child while he was away and took care of all the paperwork. That’s what he told me,” she said, adding that her offer to care for her grandson had been rejected.
She also pressed the son to clarify whether he had been sitting next to the victim the entire time before reporting the incident, but did not provide any further details, according to the outlet.
