Confession: Miss Honduras was killed by sister’s boyfriend

Plurarco Ruiz, the boyfriend of Miss Honduras’ sister has confessed to killing the beauty queen, Maria Jose Alvarado, 19 and her 23-year old sister, Sofia Trinidad. 

Plutarco Ruiz, boyfriend of Sofia Trinidad, Maria Jose Alvarado's sister PHOTO: Getty Images

Honduras National Police director General Ramon Sabillon told the press that Ruiz, said to be Sofia’s boyfriend, confessed to shooting the two women and then burying their bodies with the help of Aris Maldonado, one of the four men currently in detention.

Gen. Sabillon said Mr Ruiz confessed to the crime and led the authorities to the burial spot.

After missing since Thursday, their bodies were yesterday discovered buried somewhere in Cablotales village, near the River Aguagua in Honduras.

Miss Honduras and her sister were spotted leaving a party in the Santa Barbara region before they went missing. The beauty queen had been due to compete in the upcoming Miss World contest in London.

The General said Ruiz shot Sofia after they argued because she had been dancing with another man in the party. He then shot Maria Jose twice in the back as she tried to run away.

AP News agency reports that the sisters' mother, Teresa Munoz, told Honduran broadcaster Televicentro: "They were not very astute about assessing the people around them,"

She said that Ruiz had called her the morning after they got missing, and nervously claimed that the sisters had left the party in a car with some other people.

According to BBC monitoring the Honduras Press as the story keeps developing, “The story has dominated the front pages of the main Honduran newspapers since the disappearance of the women was announced on Saturday.

All the major papers feature pictures of the beauty queen on their front pages - in which she is seen in formal gowns or bathing suits wearing the Miss Honduras sash or her crown.

In a story headlined "The shattered dream of Maria Jose to represent Honduras at Miss World", La Prensa reports that the 19-year-old had already packed her bags to travel to London this week to represent Honduras at the Miss World pageant in December.

The paper says Honduras has decided not to send another contestant in her place as a sign of respect.

Ms Alvarado had worked as a model on the game show El Show X O da Dinero, hosted by television personality and former presidential candidate Salvador Nasrallah.

"A lot of girls die this way, but because they're not famous, it doesn't get the attention and the crimes go unpunished," Mr Nasrallah said.

"She was a girl of good principles who fell into a trap, a game with guns, and ended up a victim of a violent system.''