MEXICO CITY – A Salvadoran woman who died in police custody over the weekend in a Caribbean beach resort had also suffered abuse by her companion, who has been arrested, Mexican authorities said Tuesday.
Quintana Roo state Gov. Carlos Joaquin did not specify whether the abuse allegedly suffered by Victoria Esperanza Salazar was sexual or physical.
He said one of the woman’s two daughters also had been abused and the man was arrested as part of the state government's effort to ensure justice for Salazar.
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele wrote in his Twitter account that the arrested man, a Mexican, had sexually abused the daughter. “Victoria filed a complaint weeks ago and took her daughter to a shelter to protect her,” Bukele wrote.