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El detenido por el asesinato de la estudiante española Claudia Tacoronte en México confiesa el crimen: “Es lo que me toca”

La policía ha detenido a El Trompas en Cuautla, la misma localidad donde atacó a la joven de 21 años para robarle el teléfono. El padre de la alumna de intercambio está en México para repatriar el cuerpo

Francisco Javier N, also known as El Trompas, has been apprehended in Cuautla, Morelos, Mexico, and accused of the murder of Spanish student Claudia Tacoronte. The police captured him on Thursday, near the location where the attack occurred on the Saturday night. The suspect admitted to the crime, claiming that it was his destiny to commit this act.

Claudia, a 21-year-old exchange student at the Autonomous University of Morelos (UAEM), had arrived in Cuautla to attend a seminar on medicinal plants when she was targeted by El Trompas for the purpose of theft. Sources close to the case reveal that the detained individual told police, "I did it, no option, it's my fate" upon his apprehension.

The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, confirmed on Friday that Mexican authorities have validated the detainee's confession.

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