Alicia Machado's brother murdered in Venezuela

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is going through one of the hardest moments of her personal life, because after more than a year disappeared, she has just learned that her brother lost his life in his native Venezuela at the hands of some criminals.

Through her Instagram account, the actress shared a photograph in which she shows a huge number of candles with the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe and accompanied her with a sad message in which she said she does not understand why Arturo Junior Machado was murdered.

"My brother was missing for almost a year and unfortunately we were informed that his remains appeared. I only have to ask you and my relatives to pray for him. My sweet love, now you are with Dad. I will always carry you present in my heart as the most sincere love of brothers. The Machado family are in mourning, "Alicia wrote.

The death of Alicia Machado's brother comes just over a year after that of his father, and although he never revealed the causes, it is presumed that he suffered several complications in his state of health after he suffered a stroke in 2012.

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