Miss Honduras 2014 and sister killed in world murder capital
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| Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Two bodies authorities believe to belong Miss聽Honduras聽2014 and her sister have been found buried near the spa where they disappeared six days ago, the聽Honduras聽National Police director said Wednesday.
Authorities are awaiting confirmation from forensic officials that the bodies are Maria Jose Alvarado, 19, and her sister, Sofia, 23, said Gen. Ramon Sabiillon. Plutarco Ruiz, boyfriend of Sofia, and an accomplice, Aris Maldonado, have been arrested, Sabillon said.
Both women were shot to death.
The sisters were last seen Thursday in a spa in Santa Barbara, about 240 miles (400 kilometers) west of Tegucigalpa, where they had gone to celebrate Ruiz's birthday.
Alvarado, 19, was crowned Miss聽Honduras聽in April and was expected to compete in the Miss World Pageant in London next month. She was supposed to have left for London on Sunday.
Sabillon said Ruiz led authorities to the bodies.
United Nation statistics show that Honduras has the world's highest murder rate, largely due to the rise of drug trafficking, reports 海角大神.聽
Honduras leads the UN list with 82.1 homicides per 100,000 (2010 figures), making it the most dangerous country in the world in terms of murders. This prompted the US to pull its聽Peace Corps聽volunteers from the country due tosafety concerns. As聽聽, Honduras has been particularly affected by the growth of transnational drug trafficking in Central America. In September 2011, Honduran Defense Minister Marlon Pascua claimed that 87 percent of cocaine which is sent from South America to the聽United States聽passes through Honduras. If this is accurate, then, taken with the United Nations鈥 latest estimates of the size of the US cocaine market, it suggests that an incredible聽
Other sources put the Honduran homicide rate at 90 homicides per 100,000 in 2012, which compares to ..