LIVE VIDEO: EL DOLOR DE UNA MADRE ES COMO VIRGEN MARIA A PERDER SU DOS HIJAS EN HONDURAS A Mothers Grief: Miss Honduras Body Recovered, Nation Mourns COLLAPSE STORY The wrenching images of a grieving Teresa Muñoz, mother of slain 19-year-old Miss Honduras, Maria Jose Alvarado and her sister Sofia Trinidad have captivated a nation saddened by the grim outcome of the missing beauty queen and her sibling. Reports: Honduran Beauty Queens Body RecoveredNBC NEWS I forgive you Sofia for taking Maria to the party, sobbed the disconsolate mother, who also asked for justice to be served, reported the Honduran newspaper La Prensa. According to police, the boyfriend of Sofia Trinidad, Plutarco Antonio Ruiz, confessed to killing both women and led authorities to the bodies. Ruiz shot Sofia after a heated argument over her dancing with another man and then shot Miss Honduras as she tried to flee, police told reporters. The sisters were to be buried Thursday morning in the Gualjoco cemetery after a brief funeral in Santa Barbara Wednesday night. The bodies were found in the woods near a spa where the young women had stayed in before they went missing. ORLANDO SIERRA / AFP - GETTY IMAGES Teresa Muñoz cries over the coffin of her daughter, former Miss Honduras World Maria Jose Alvarado, 19, on November 20, 2014 in Santa Barbara, 200 km north of Tegucigalpa. National police chief Leandro Osorio confirmed to reporters Wednesday they had identified the young womens bodies and found the gun and vehicle used in the crime. The shooting deaths of the young women have highlighted the violence against women in a country infamous for being the worlds murder capital. advertisement STR / EPA A picture made available on 20 November 2014 shows members of the Police detaining Plutarco Antonio Ruiz Rodriguez (C), alleged murderer of Honduran Beauty Queen and Miss World Honduras Maria Jose Alvarado and her sister Sofia Trinidad, in Santa Barbara, Honduras, 18 November 2014. e killings was not immediately clear. EPA/STR The case of Mary Jose and Sofia show clearly the situation of generalized violence against women and the nonexistent response of the Honduran government to prevent, investigate or punish it, according to a statement put out by the Center for Womens Rights in Tegucigalpa. ORLANDO SIERRA / AFP - GETTY IMAGES A young man takes a snapshot with his cellphone of the picture on coffin of former Miss Honduras World Maria Jose Alvarado, 19, during her wake on November 20, 2014 in Santa Barbara, 200 km north of Tegucigalpa. Miss Honduras was fatally shot as she tried to escape her sisters jealous boyfriend, police and reports said Wednesday, hours after the siblings were found dead beside a river. Maria Jose, who had been due to fly to London to compete in the Miss World beauty pageant, disappeared with her sister Sofia Trinidad Alvarado six days ago after a party, sparking an exhaustive search. The Center for Womens Rights has manifested constantly against the lack of political will to put an end to this impunity, the statement said, referring to the killings of women like Maria Jose Alvarado and her sister Sofia Trinidad as femicide. advertisement First published November 20th 2014, 11:03 am
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