Femicide of Carolina Flores: this is how Mexico alerted Venezuela about the escape of Érika “N”

Following the detention of Érika “N” in Caracas, Venezuela, possible details of the international operation that resulted from the femicide of her daughter-in-law, Carolina Flores, in Mexico City on April 15 have been revealed. The investigation indicates that the main suspect - who was filmed shooting the former beauty queen - would have left Mexico only one day after the crime, which activated the alert of the Mexican authorities to their Venezuelan counterparts. According to statements made by a correspondent from the media outlet N+, the Mexican authorities would have unofficially notified Venezuela of the case, before the corresponding orders were issued.

The notice would have included that Erika “N”, sixty-three years old, could enter Venezuelan territory and requested her preventive detention while the investigations into Flores' murder progressed.

Record issued for capture after international escape. (Interpol) The alleged femicide suspect's escape route first stopped in Panama and then moved to Venezuela, where she was arrested on April 29th.

Mexico would have alerted Venezuela before Interpol's red alert

According to the correspondent of N+ in Venezuela, Norberto Mazza, Mexican authorities would have used informal channels with Interpol to anticipate the possible entry of the suspect.

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This coordination would have allowed the Venezuelan police to know in advance who the wanted person was and why they were required.

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Mazza explained that the Mexican notification was crucial for the Venezuelan authorities to act quickly, even before receiving the Interpol red alert. During the operation in Caracas, Erika “N” would have refused to be arrested. The suspect allegedly claimed that the Venezuelan police had no authority to arrest her for a crime committed outside the country and denied the accusations against her. The altercation led to his arrest on the charge of contempt of authority, which would have given time to receive the Interpol red notice.

Detention for Contempt While the International Order Was Being Formalized

The figure of contempt of authority would have allowed the Venezuelan police to detain Erika “N” for up to forty-eight hours while the official Interpol documentation arrived.

This legal resource is commonly used in street detentions in Venezuela, as reported by Norberto Mazza in N+.

In that period, the notification of the red notice from Interpol Mexico arrived, which allowed the formalization of the arrest of Erika “N” under the presumption of femicide for the crime committed in the mayor's office Miguel Hidalgo. The suspect was held at the Interpol facilities in downtown Caracas, in a cell separate from the local penitentiary system, pending the extradition process to Mexico.

The Delay in the Complaint and Doubts About the Son's Actions

The investigation highlighted that Alejandro, son of the detainee and husband of the victim, took a day to go to the prosecutor's office after finding the body of Carolina Flores in the Polanco apartment. This lapse would have allowed  Erika “N”  sufficient margin to leave Mexico and evade the action of the Mexican authorities.

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Although that delay does not place Alejandro as an accomplice, it raised questions about possible omissions that facilitated his mother's escape. Érika Herrera remains in Interpol custody in Caracas, awaiting the completion of her extradition to face charges for the femicide of Carolina Flores.