A Mexican woman who flew 3,000 miles to Peru to meet a man she met online was allegedly killed and dismembered for her organs.

As reported by Vice and several Spanish-language outlets including El País, 51-year-old Blanca Arellano flew 3,000 miles from Mexico City to Lima to meet her lover, 37-year-old Juan Pablo Jesus Villafuerte Pinto.

Arellano met the human medicine and biotechnology student on a dating app and had been in an online relationship with him for several months.

After spending a week with Villafuerte, Arellano told her niece, Karla Arellano, that she had fallen for him. However, she soon went missing, with her family unable to contact her.

Due to her sudden disappearance and lack of online connection, Arellano's family became worried about her, so her worried niece took to social media for help.

"I never thought I would be in this situation, today I ask for support and dissemination to locate one of the most loved and important people in my life," Karla wrote (translated to English).

"My aunt Blanca Olivia Arellano Gutiérrez disappeared on Monday, November 7 in Peru, she is of Mexican origin, and we fear for her life," she added, explaining how she had contacted Villafuerte to ask him if he had heard from her.

In the conversation screenshot, Villafuerte had claimed to the niece that Arellano got bored of him as he couldn't give her the life she wanted so her aunt had left to return to Mexico.

Peruvian authorities launched an investigation after the post was shared thousands of times. On November 9, Arellano's family's worst fears were confirmed after they made an ugly discovery: a severed finger on the beach of Huacho.

According to investigators, the fingertip had been removed and it still had a silver ring on it. A day later, authorities discovered a faceless head - again on the beach near to where Villafuerte had been living - and then an arm.

The next day a torso without any organs inside also appeared on the same beach. Authorities identified Arellano through the ring on the finger that was recovered.

Furthermore, investigators quickly found that the canal passes in front of Jose Faustino Sanchez Carrion National University, where Villafuerte is a student.

According to Daily Mail, forensic experts had also decided that the victim's face had been removed by someone experienced with surgical instruments.

On November 17, Peruvian law enforcement arrested Villafuerte as the main suspect in Arellano's murder on "charges of human organs trafficking," as well as femicide, per Latina Noticias.

Investigators also found traces of Arellano's blood throughout his apartment, and he had also reportedly posted videos of her organs to TikTok, days after her disappearance.

Villafuerte denies his involvement in the crime and remains in police custody as the investigation continues.

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The boyfriend of one of the three Americans who died in an Airbnb in Mexico City from suspected toxic gas inhalation has opened up about up about her final worrying text messages.

Kandace Florence and Jordan Marshall, both 28, and 33-year-old Courtez Hall were vacationing in Mexico City in late October to celebrate the Day of the Dead.

According to an autopsy report obtained by Bloomberg, the trio died after inhaling dangerous levels of carbon monoxide.

Victor Day, the 30-year-old boyfriend of Florence, told People on Wednesday about a series of text messages his late girlfriend sent him from around 2:00 AM.

"Everything was good. She just said that they were out, they were drinking, everything was fine," he said.

Day had seen from Florence's social media activity that she and her two friends were at a rooftop bar where they were drinking wine.

Just hours later, their dead bodies were found in an Airbnb in the La Rosita neighborhood of Mexico City.

Police told El País that an investigation into the incident is ongoing and that they believe the tourists died of "carbon monoxide poisoning."

Day told People that at some point, Florence's messages had become concerning, with the American tourist hinting that her drink may have been spiked.

"I write her, 'What's wrong?' and she says, 'I'm just not okay. I wanna go home,'" Day said. "And I write her, 'You're not enjoying it. What's wrong though?' She says, 'I feel drugged.' And I say, 'Where's Jordan? Are you home or out?'"

Florence had just returned to the Airbnb, telling her boyfriend that although she hadn't taken any drugs, the symptoms she was experiencing were similar to that of being under the influence of MDMA.

"I'm literally in pain," Florence said, according to Day. "I'm like, shaking."

"Three minutes later, she FaceTimes me," he continued. "And that's when I clearly see she's vomiting. She's been crying. I mean her whole face was wet, crying or vomiting or maybe she splashed water on her face."

Day said the conversation went on before he fell asleep for "probably about five, 10 minutes." When he woke up, their phones were still connected.

"But now the phone screen is pitch black as if she put the phone down or the phone fell. But the camera side is facing the ground," he told the outlet. "So I don't see anything. But I could hear something going on in the background and I put the phone to my ear, and it sounds like her vomiting or dry heaving, or both."

Day said he recalled telling himself, "Everything's going to be okay."

"She'll go to sleep. She'll wake up the next morning and she'll tell me all about what could have happened," he remembered thinking. "And so that to me is what eats me up. Because knowing that I could have helped a little bit more, knowing that at that moment I probably could have called the police. I could have done something but instead I went to sleep."

The following morning, Day tried to check in with Florence over message. "How are you feeling? Is everything okay?" he wrote. "About 30, 45 minutes pass, I don't get anything. And I started to think, I was like, Well, it seemed like she did have a night. She's probably just oversleeping."

When another hour passed, he began to worry. "Something definitely wasn't right," he recalled thinking.

"And then that's when it clicked," Day added. Florence had shown him the Airbnb listing a month before her trip with Marshall and Hall, so he used it to contact the host.

"Something is terribly wrong. I need someone to check on the apartment," he said he wrote to the host through the site. "And we go back and forth for a little bit and eventually she tells me, okay, she's sending her security into the apartment."

Day said that 10 minutes later the host wrote back, "saying that they found all three of them in the apartment unresponsive without vital signs" and that the emergency services had been alerted.

On Monday morning, the host told Day: "They were all pronounced deceased."

"I refused to believe that they were dead. It seemed so surreal, it didn't feel real," he said. "And so I began to ask her, I'm like, 'Did the police do anything? Did y'all, did they try in Mexico to save their lives?' And she assured me. She was like, 'Oh, of course. Of course, they tried. And unfortunately it's just, it's too late. They've all passed.'"

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A Mexican TikTok influencer has been killed moments after receiving a mysterious phone call.

Karla Pardini, 21, was shot dead outside her home near Culiacán in Mexico's Sinala state last week on Tuesday, September 20.

According to a report by The New York Post, the social media star received a late-night call around 10:30PM, in which she was told to come outside.

Karla's mother explained how her daughter never returned home, and was found dead shortly at an intersection between Catedrático and Ignacio López Rayón streets.

Sinaloa State Attorney General's Office reported that she was ambushed by an attacker, who shot her multiple times. Prosecutor Sara Bruna Quiñonez told outlets that the murder has been registered as femicide because it occurred while Karla was in an exposed and helpless state.

Quiñonez added that the investigation is being carried out in secret so that possible suspects are not alerted. There have not yet been any arrests made, though several witnesses reportedly told authorities that they had seen armed individuals roaming the area in the hours preceding Karla's death.

Before she passed away, Karla had amassed around 90,000 followers on TikTok, where she shared fashion and dance videos.

Her final ever video shared to the social media platform features the 21-year-old telling her followers: "When they tell me they don't like me. In short, I hope you like me less."

The clip was posted mere hours before the influencer was killed.

Tributes have already begun pouring in on TikTok, with many taking to the comments section of Karla's final video to pay their respects.

"To the friends and family of Ms. Karla Pardini, sending the utmost sympathy for your loss," one person commented.

"RIP beautiful," another wrote, while a third commented: "We live in a cruel world."

Others started leaving the hashtag 'justice por Karla' - which translates to 'justice for Karla' - under her videos.

The influencer's death is not out of keeping with crime rates in the area. According to the regional government, Karla is the 14th woman to be murdered in Sinaloa this year alone.

El Heraldo de Mexico reports that there is currently no clear line in the investigation. However, the outlet did add that Pardini had received threats on previous occasions.

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Three innocent US women and six children have allegedly been slaughtered by a drug cartel while traveling to Mexico for a wedding, the New York Post has reported.

The attack was a highway ambush in the Mexican border state of Sonora on Monday, November 4, in the town of Bavispe, approximately 100 miles south of the Arizona border.

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Kendra Lee Miller, a relative of the victims, told NBC News that the dead included 29-year-old Christina Marie Langford Johnson, 43-year-old Dawna Langford, 11-year-old Trevor Langford, two-year-old Rogan Langford, 30-year-old Rhonita Miller, 12-year-old Howard Miller, 10-year-old Krystal Miller, eight-month-old twins, Titus and Tiana Miller.

The family were all members of a Mormon community living in a settlement known as La Mora - a community founded by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Another relative of the victims, Jhon LeBaron, also took to Facebook to share images of the dead. He captioned the post: "Just got word both my Aunt Dawna and Christina have been killed, the Cartel murdered them and several of their babies ? They left 6 of Dawnas kids on the side of the road and took off. [sic]"

He added: "My aunt Dawnas son Devon hid some of his shot and wounded siblings in the bushes and ran all the way back to town for help. Please pray that the murderers are caught & brought to justice. [sic]"

Meanwhile, another survivor of the attack, who goes by the name Lafe Langford Jr, shared a video of the burned-out fuselage of one of the cars on social media.

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Commenting on the tragic news, US Ambassador Christopher Landau tweeted in Spanish that: "The safety of our fellow citizens is our top priority. I am closely following the situation in the mountains between Sonora and Chihuahua."

CNN reports that the Mexican government is struggling to maintain public security amid a wave of brutal homicides committed by drug trafficking organizations, with a convoy of 13 police officers killed in an ambush in Aguililla earlier this week.

A man who was grieving the loss of his niece jumped at her alleged killer in court in an attempt to attack him.

Alexander Ortiz is accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend, Alianna Farfan, in January 2024.

Investigators allege that the two had a history of domestic abuse and that Ortiz was upset with Farfan on the day of the shooting, per News.com.au.

In February 2024, Ortiz was charged with Farfan’s murder.

Authorities later linked him to the killing of another woman, Nicole Maldonado, who was murdered just six days after Farfan’s death.

"APD (Albuquerque Police Department) officers responded to the apartment that evening and located a female, later identified as Farfan, who had been shot in the bedroom," police said in a statement on February 21 last year.

"The offender reportedly ran out of the window of the apartment wearing a ski mask and a black hoodie. Officers arrived and determined Farfan was deceased."

The statement went on: "Homicide detectives learned from friends and family that Farfan and Ortiz had an abusive relationship and Ortiz was upset with Farfan the day of the shooting. Farfan lived at the apartment and allowed several friends to stay there because she feared being alone, according to a relative.

"On the night of the shooting, friends eventually told detectives that Farfan and Ortiz were in Farfan’s bedroom with the door closed. They heard a single gunshot. They kicked open the bedroom door and saw that Farfan had been shot in the face.

"They said Ortiz had already left through the window of the bedroom. The friends also told detectives that Ortiz always wore a black ski mask, and that was a 'big thing' for him."

During what was expected to be a routine court proceeding regarding the case, 40-year-old Carlos Lucero, Farfan's uncle, leaped over a barrier and tackled 21-year-old Ortiz, per the Mirror.

The sudden attack prompted several others to intervene, escalating the altercation and forcing security officers to step in.

According to local news outlet KRQE, law enforcement detained Lucero and another man, Pete Ysasi, 51, for their involvement in the melee.

Ortiz’s father, Joeray Ortiz, also engaged in the fight, allegedly throwing punches before later telling deputies that he was attempting to break up the violence.

Court security officers worked to protect Ortiz as they endured blows from Lucero and Ysasi.

Bernalillo County sheriff’s deputies reported that while being taken into custody, Lucero declared: “He killed my niece like a coward,” and added: “It was worth every moment.”

Both Lucero and Ysasi have been charged with assault and battery on a peace officer. Jail records indicate that both men have since been released. It remains unclear whether Ysasi had any prior connection to the defendant.

Lucero, Ysasi, and Joeray Ortiz were all treated for injuries at a hospital following the incident.

In response to the courtroom brawl, the Second Judicial District Court underscored the importance of security measures.

“This is just one more incident that we continue to deal with, these are the types of things that we see regularly,” said Katina Watson, CEO of the Second Judicial District Court.

She also praised the swift response of security personnel. “I really want to give recognition to the officer who was caught in the middle of this and he did everything he could to ensure the safety of everyone,” Watson added.

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