Mexican prosecutors charge man, 19, with murder of Texas girlfriend, 20, whose body was found dumped at a ranch after falling out of speeding car
- Martin Arizpe, 19, has been charged with the disappearance and murder of Mission, Texas resident Bionce Amaya in Mexico
- The 20-year-old Amaya was found dead at a ranch in General Bravo, Nuevo León on April 14, eight days after she fell out of car driven by Arizpe
- The mayor of the Nuevo León town of China revealed Arizpe took Amaya to a clinic and that she wasn’t given medical attention before he then abandoned her
Mexican prosecutors have charged a 19-year-old man with the murder of a Mission, Texas woman whose body was dumped at a ranch.
Martin Arizpe was hit with kidnapping and femicide charges in connection with the death of his girlfriend, Bionce Amaya, 20, the Nuevo León State Attorney General’s Office announced Thursday.
Amaya, a mother to a four-month-old boy, was reported missing April 6 in the Nuevo León town of China and found dead April 14, seven miles away at a ranch in the municipality of General Bravo.
The judge overseeing the murder case placed Arizpe in pre-trial detention and provided the prosecution three months to bring their case forward.
Texas resident Bionce Amaya was found dead April 14 at a ranch General Bravo, a city in northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. Amaya was traveling in a car driven by her boyfriend, Martin Arizpe, when she was ejected out of the vehicle and fell on the pavement. Arizpe abandoned her at a ranch after she was reportedly refused medical care at a clinic
On Thursday, prosecutors in the northeastern state of Nuevo León announced that Martin Arizpe (center) was being charged the kidnapping and femicide of his girlfriend, Bionce Amaya, a resident of Mission, Texas. Arizpe is being held in pre-trial detention and prosecutors have been given three months to bring their case forward
Authorities are searching for a second male suspect who was involved in Amaya’s disappearance and killing.
Amaya had traveled to her hometown of General Bravo to spend the Holy Week holiday before the deadly incident.
Arizpe was speeding in his vehicle when Amaya was ejected out of the car because the door was not locked.
‘Upon turning a corner at a high speed, the door was not closed properly and it opens, and it was there where the girl hit herself (on the pavement),’ China Mayor Raúl Kerr told Radio Formula.
Bionce Amaya, who was found dead at a ranch in General Bravo, Mexico, leaves behind a four-month-old son
Bionce Amaya had traveled to Mexico to spend the Holy Week festival in her hometown of General Bravo
Arizpe drove Amaya to a clinic but she reportedly wasn’t granted medical attention, the mayor added.
Kerr said that Arizpe ‘carried her again and put her’ in the car and drove off.
He then abandoned Amaya’s body at a ranch in the General Bravo neighborhood of El Verde.
‘He chickened out, got scared or left her to die there,’ Kerr said.
An autopsy showed Amaya’s death was caused by a contusion to the cranium and chest.
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