Carolina Flores' Mother-in-Law Reportedly Escaped 30 Minutes After Crime in Mexico; New Details Emerge
More details emerge about the capture in Venezuela of Erika María Herrera, mother-in-law of former Mexican beauty queen Carolina Flores Gómez, a 27-year-old woman shot dead inside her apartment in the Polanco neighborhood of Mexico City.
TL;DR
- Erika María Herrera, mother-in-law of Carolina Flores Gómez, has been captured in Venezuela.
- Flores Gómez, 27, was shot 12 times (six in the skull, six in the chest) in her Polanco apartment.
- A video appears to implicate Herrera in the crime, which Mexican authorities have classified as 'feminicidio'.
- Herrera allegedly fled the scene in a taxi with luggage about 30 minutes after the shooting.
- Her son and Flores' husband, Alejandro Sánchez Herrera, is under investigation for alleged complicity.
- Herrera was arrested on April 24 in Caracas for resisting authority.
- She reportedly entered Venezuela on April 16, the day after the murder.