The Attorney General's Office of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas has reported the arrest of a suspect for the death of Lizbeth Flores, the young Texan tortured and murdered in Matamoros. The arrested man, identified as Braulio, was captured this Tuesday at his home in the Molinos del Rey subdivision. The possible motive for the crime was a robbery, according to the Prosecutor's Office.
The body of Flores, the mother of a 4-year-old girl and a 3-year-old baby, was found on August 11 in Matamoros with signs of brutal violence: no teeth and part of the scalp, according to investigators.
Lizbeth Flores, the young woman who was found dead in Matamoros. Telemundo 40
Lizbeth died from head injuries after being hit with a stone that was found next to her body, according to police.
The young woman had crossed the border between Mexico and the United States, through the Veterans International Bridge, to visit her boyfriend. He told his mother, Maria Rubio, that he would be at her home in Brownsville, Texas, that same night. But she never returned.
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"Losing a child is like having your heart ripped out," his mother said in an interview with Telemundo 40, a Telemundo affiliate.
“I feel very sad for what they did to my daughter. How they left her, that's what hurts me, what my daughter went through there at that time, that's what hurts me, "Rubio lamented," I want everyone who participated in the death of my daughter to pay.
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Rubio does not have enough resources to take charge of the repatriation of her remains: “I don't have a way to bring her here. I want to identify that it is her. For me, my daughter is alive and I and all my family want to see her and know how she died ”.
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Lizbeth's family was referred to the Mexican Consulate to carry out the corresponding procedures regarding the repatriation of her body and in support of the funeral expenses.
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March 8, 202002: 24The consular offices of Mexico in the United States normally only cover expenses when the death has occurred in the United States, but "since it is a humanitarian case, we are going to help the lady as far as we can," said the consul, Juan Carlos Cue Vega.
With information from Telemundo40.