Overview
- Erick Alcantar Almanza, 44, was arrested in Mexico in connection with the killing of his longtime partner, identified by family as Aracely Romero.
- Prosecutors say the suspect drove the victim’s body across multiple U.S. border checkpoints toward Tijuana to conceal it in Baja California.
- Emergency responders found Romero in the passenger seat of a vehicle in the El Centenario district of La Paz on Saturday night with visible signs of violence, including possible strangulation.
- Mexican authorities detained the alleged partner at the scene and transferred him to the state attorney general’s office, which has opened a local case while coordinating with U.S. agencies.
- Family members say he phoned his children and confessed; investigators have not disclosed a motive or official cause of death, and prosecutors say the suspect had lived in the U.S. without legal status for more than two decades.