A Latina teacher at a Georgia elementary school was found dead this Tuesday in the Mexican state of Jalisco, after being reported missing just a week ago.
Alexandra Morales, 24, was a first grade teacher at Benefield Elementary School in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
She traveled to Mexico for a few days and was last seen on October 30 when she was attending a concert.
The main suspect in her death is her boyfriend, identified as Fidel Barragán, who was arrested in Guadalajara.
Alexandra Morales was loved by the student community.Telemundo Atlanta
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The Jalisco State Prosecutor's Office said that "sufficient data had been collected" involving Barragán, who was charged with the crime of aggravated disappearance.
In an interview with the Atlanta affiliate station Noticias Telemundo, the young woman's uncle, Ostín Cuenca, claimed that Barragán's arrest was "just the beginning" of this case, given that, in his opinion, the man's entire family could be involved.
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The relative said that after the concert his niece attended, they lost communication.
"We tried to communicate with them and they answered us only once and then they didn't want to answer us anymore, the call is recorded with the date and time," she explained, "days later we found out that they had murdered her and abandoned her in a car that she herself had rented ”.
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The news has shocked the educational community in Georgia, which remembers the teacher as a young woman who stood out for her commitment to children and school.
"Having a bilingual Latina teacher was really important," explained a mother to WGCL television.
"She was the first teacher with whom [my daughter] identified herself personally, and the first teacher of whom she said: 'I want to be Mrs. Morales."
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On a page of
Gofundme
Morales' adventurous character is highlighted, who was also part of the Sigma Lambda Upsilon / Señoritas Latinas Unidas Sorority, Inc. sorority.
“Alexa was adored by her parents and loved by her two brothers.
He was passionate about adventure and traveling the world was his joy ”, the page reads.
Morales was a US citizen and, according to reports in the local press, his relatives are in Mexico to carry out the procedures for the repatriation of the body.
If you know someone who suffers from domestic violence, you can seek help in Spanish at
https://espanol.thehotline.org/
or call
800.799.SAFE
, which does not leave a trace in the registry.
