The man is suspected of killing seven women. (Photo/Retrieved from Elpais)
A 38-year-old man allegedly booby-trapped at least seven job-seeking women for job interviews and dismembered the bodies of the victims, the federal authorities said on the 2nd. Police said the male suspect has been arrested and the case is still under investigation.
Federal authorities in Mexico said they had surveillance footage from two states that showed the man meeting with the victim in a public place and, in one instance, riding the victim away, Elpais reported. Assistant Public Safety Minister Ricardo Mejía said at least seven deaths were known to be linked to the suspects who singled out women.
According to reports, the most recent case occurred last month in the state of Vera Cruz, a 31-year-old woman, Viridiana Moreno Vásquez, lost contact after receiving a job recruitment message on Facebook and going to a hotel for an interview; The family launched a protest after the woman disappeared. A few days later, the body of a woman was found. It was difficult to identify the identity of the woman. It was only confirmed by an ID card and DNA near the body that it was the missing Basquez.
Prosecutors in the state of Morelos also pointed out that the man was also suspected of killing a 22-year-old female student looking for a job in April. The female student met the male suspect at a restaurant after seeing the recruitment information on Facebook in March, and the suspect took her to a hair salon and killed the woman, “Three days later, the victim’s body was found with Traces of being beaten, sexually abused and strangled.” Prosecutors in both states said the body of the woman was dismembered and packed in plastic bags and disposed of elsewhere.
Prosecutors said the suspect had multiple aliases, most commonly Juan Carlos Gasperin and Greek Román Villalobos, and was wanted in 2012 on sexual assault charges; the report states , The male suspect and a female companion were arrested in Queretaro state (Queretaro), and may also be involved in local and Puebla (Puebla) cases.