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Erika Maria Named Suspect in Carolina Flores Gomez Femicide

4/23/2026

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Police have named Erika Maria, Alejandro Gomez’s mother-in-law, as the prime suspect in the April 15 shooting of 27-year-old Carolina Flores Gomez in her Miguel Hidalgo apartment, Mexico City.
Forensic teams have searched the apartment for evidence.
Governor Marina del Pilar Avila of Baja California has called for an urgent investigation, citing Mexico’s femicide crisis.
Advocates have demanded that the death be classified as a femicide.

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Police have named Erika Maria, Alejandro Gomez’s mother-in-law, as the prime suspect in the April 15 shooting of 27-year-old Carolina Flores Gomez in her Miguel Hidalgo apartment, Mexico City.
Forensic teams have searched the apartment for evidence.
Governor Marina del Pilar Avila of Baja California has called for an urgent investigation, citing Mexico’s femicide crisis.
Advocates have demanded that the death be classified as a femicide.