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Mexico·Spain

Colombian police arrest suspect in death of Spanish exchange student Claudia Tacoronte

Friday, 18 September 2026, 06:30 · 1 min read

Mexican authorities have arrested Francisco Javier N, known by the alias 'El Trompas', in connection with the killing of Claudia Tacoronte, a 21-year-old Spanish exchange student. The suspect was captured in Cuautla (a city in the central Mexican state of Morelos), the same location where Tacoronte was killed just days earlier, and was found to have shaved his head and changed his clothing in an apparent attempt to evade detection. The arrest brings a swift development to a case that has drawn significant attention in both Spain and Mexico over the violent death of a young international student.

Sources
El País — Detenido ‘El Trompas’, presunto asesino de la estudiante española Claudia Tacoronte en México ↗︎
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