The bodies of Miss Honduras, Maria Jose Alvarado, 19, and her sister were found Wednesday buried in a river bank in the mountainous area of Santa Barbara, officials said.
The reigning beauty queen and her sister, Sofia Trinidad Hernandez, 23, went missing last week only three days before they were to leave for London for the Miss World competition.
The pair had been attending a birthday party Thursday night at a spa in the resort city of Santa Barbara, for Sofia's boyfriend, Plutarco Antonio Ruiz, who was arrested in connection with the killings.
The bodies were found buried in a river bank near the La Aquagua spa in the city about 120 miles northwest of the capital, Tegucigalpa.
The newspaper La Prensa identified the second suspect as Aris Valentin Maldonado.
Leandro Osorio, head
of the National Directorate of Criminal Investigation, said weapons and
a car allegedly used to transport the bodies were confiscated, the
newspaper La Tribuna reports.
Osorio said the two women apparently were shot and killed Thursday night not long after their abduction.
He said the beauty queen had been shot from behind and her sister shot from the front.
Police said the killers then went back and tried to clean up the crime scene.
The police official said a "protected witness" had provided valuable clues in the case.
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