Overview
- Mexican prosecutors say Erick Alcantar Almanza, 44, is in custody after the death of his longtime partner, identified by family as Aracely Romero Acevedo.
- Officials report the victim’s body was found Saturday night in a vehicle in the El Centenario district of La Paz with visible signs of violence and possible strangulation.
- Authorities allege Almanza transported the body through U.S.–Mexico checkpoints in the San Diego–Tijuana corridor before his arrest on Sunday.
- The couple’s eldest son said his father called as he was driving and allegedly confessed to the killing, adding the family last saw Romero on Friday.
- Mexican authorities say they are sharing information with the FBI, LAPD and Long Beach officials, while the cause of death and any formal U.S. charges remain pending; prosecutors note the suspect had lived in the U.S. without legal status for more than two decades.