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The man and woman were arrested Thursday in Ecatepec, a suburb of Mexico City, for the murder of 10 female victims. However, the suspect has since claimed to be responsible for twice as many deaths.
Police arrested the couple, identified only as "Juan Carlos N." and his wife "Patricia" N. "during an investigation into the disappearance of three women and a two-month-old baby.The man reported in detail the ten deaths of He also told the police that he and his wife had killed 10 others, according to the state prosecutor, Alejandro Gomez, and reported by AFP.
The couple, who lives with their three children, was arrested while he was pushing the pram by Ecatepec. The police were waiting to find the missing baby inside, but instead found human remains.
It is now up to the prosecution to determine whether these claims are true or whether they are simply touted by a "psychopath" or a "serial killer," according to Gomez.
"He described it in a completely natural way (…) .I would say that he seemed really happy to have done it," Gomez told the radio network. Mexican Formula, reported AFP. "He wants people to see his picture, know his name … I would obviously classify this person as a murderer, a serial killer."
The suspect also admitted to selling the baby from one of their two-month-old victims, Reuters reported.
The sinister affair provoked anger and shock across Mexico. Hundreds of people demonstrated Sunday in Ecatepec, AFP reported. Protesters carried candles and white flowers to urge the authorities to take action against lethal violence against women and girls.
In 2016, seven women and girls were killed in Mexico each day, according to UN Women figures.
A report published in 2017 by Mexico's Ministry of the Interior, the National Women's Institute and UN Women revealed that 52,210 female homicides had been registered between 1985 and 2017. Nearly one-third had place in the last six years of this 32-year period.
