The Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, has expressed to his Mexican counterpart, Roberto Velasco, his recognition for the "speed" with which the arrest of the alleged perpetrator of the murder of the young Spanish woman Claudia Tacoronte in Morelos has been carried out, who has already "confessed" to the crime.
In an audio message disseminated by his Ministry, Albares indicated that he had a conversation this Friday with the Mexican chancellor, who conveyed to him that the alleged murderer "has been arrested and would have already confessed to the authorship of the events."
The head of Foreign Affairs took the opportunity to express "gratitude for the speed with which the investigations are being carried out, to reach the ultimate responsibilities and of course that all those who have been involved in this fact respond before justice."
The Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection of Mexico, Omar García Harfuch, communicated this Thursday the capture of Francisco Javier N, alias 'El Trompas', identified as the alleged author of Tacoronte's murder, a 21-year-old student who was doing an academic exchange at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (UAEM).
The prosecutor of Morelos, Fernando Blumenkron Escobar, has stated that he will request the maximum penalty of 70 years for the suspect, arrested this Thursday in Cuautla, and has detailed that the possible motive for the crime was the theft of the mobile phone, according to local media reports.
On the other hand, the governor of this Mexican state, Margarita González Saravia, has emphasized that "this arrest does not mean that the case is closed." "The facts must be clarified to determine the responsibilities, according to the law, of this individual," she added, guaranteeing that "in Morelos there will be no impunity." "Any femicide hurts us and any femicide will be clarified," she stressed.
Meanwhile, Albares has assured that both the Embassy and the Consulate of Spain in Mexico, along with the Mexican authorities, are "at the complete disposal of the family and doing at this moment everything that is possible to clarify this case and support in this situation" the relatives of the murdered young woman.