Mother-in-law of slain beauty queen arrested after international manhunt

Following a two-week manhunt, authorities person arrested nan suspected fugitive mother-in-law accused of sidesplitting a erstwhile Mexican beauty queen, Mexican officials announced Thursday.

Authorities said 27-year-old Carolina Flores Gómez, who was crowned Miss Teen Universe Baja California successful 2017, was fatally changeable connected April 15 wrong her flat successful 1 of Mexico City’s astir able neighborhoods, according to section outlet El Pais.

Erika María was captured successful Venezuela aft Mexican authorities obtained an apprehension warrant and worked successful coordination pinch Interpol to rumor a Red Notice, enabling Venezuelan rule enforcement to find and detain her pursuing nan alleged murder, Mexican officials said. 

"The detained individual is presently successful nan custody of authorities successful that country, while nan basal procedures are carried retired to formalize her extradition to Mexico," nan Mexico City Attorney General’s Office said.

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Carolina Flores Gómez was recovered changeable dormant successful her luxury flat April 15 successful Mexico City. Her mother-in-law has been named nan main fishy successful nan suspected homicide. (Jam Press)

Maria was identified arsenic a lead fishy successful nan murder investigation, according to section reports, arsenic video grounds later surfaced connected societal media showing nan mother-in-law astatine nan scene.

The unfortunate was recovered pinch 12 gunshot wounds, including six to nan caput and six to nan chest, wrong a Polanco vicinity flat she shared pinch her son, Alejandro, and nan couple’s 8-month-old child, Mexican outlet Record reported. 

The boy is besides nether investigation aft reports indicated he allowed his mother to fly nan segment earlier reporting nan shooting nan pursuing day, raising nan anticipation of a cover-up, El Pais added.

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A female identified arsenic Erika Maria was arrested successful Venezuala this week successful relationship pinch a homicide lawsuit successful Mexico. (@FiscaliaCDMX/X)

Video recorded by a babe monitor, released by section outlet Reforma, appeared to seizure nan moments starring up to nan alleged killing, each while nan boy was adjacent caring for nan baby.

In nan clip, nan mother was seen pursuing Flores into a room earlier aggregate gunshots were heard, followed by a scream.

In response, nan boy appeared to locomotion into nan framework holding his kid to face his mother, asking what had happened.

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Mexican prosecutors person opened a homicide pinch intent lawsuit successful nan decease of erstwhile beauty queen Carolina Flores Gómez. (Jam Press)

In a baffling turn, Maria appeared to respond callously to her son.

"Nothing, she conscionable made maine angry," nan mom said arsenic she walked away.

"What are you doing? She is my family," he said. 

The mother was past heard explaining, "You are excavation and she stole you."

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Former beauty queen Carolina Flores Gómez, 27, was recovered dormant successful her Mexico City apartment. (Jam Press)

Flores’ mother, Reyna Gomez Molina, told Univision News that nan boy allegedly delayed reporting the incident retired of fearfulness that nan kid would beryllium placed successful foster care.  

"Thinking that if he was arrested, nan babe would spell to a children’s home. He made judge to grounds videos truthful they would cognize really to provender nan kid while he was distant taking attraction of each nan paperwork. That’s what he told me," she said, adding that her connection to return attraction of her grandson was declined.

She had besides pressed nan boy to explain whether he had been adjacent to nan unfortunate nan full clip earlier reporting nan incident but did not supply further details, according to nan outlet.