The French authorities had confirmed in early October the disappearance of Assya Madjour and Michel Amado.
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Mexican authorities announced Sunday, November 6 the arrest of two men “probably responsible for the homicide in August of a couple of French origin committed in Valladolid in Yucatan (southeast)”. Their arrest comes “53 days after relatives” of the couple “reported their disappearance in mid-September”added the secretariat (ministry) of Public Security of the State of Yucatan, in the south-east of the country, in a press release.
The French authorities had confirmed on October 5 the disappearance of two French nationals in Mexico. AFP could not confirm Sunday evening with the French Embassy in Mexico City whether the victims are these two missing Frenchmen, Assya Madjour and Michel Amado.
The couple married in May in Valladolid, was installed in this city of the state of Yucatan, where it manages, for several years, two hotels and rooms intended for tourists. The woman has been in the country for more than two years, while the man has lived there for fifteen years.
Since September 12, the 57-year-old man and the 50-year-old woman had not given any sign of life to their relatives, living in the Basque Country. Their fate had been judged “very worrying” by their families, who feared “an abduction”. By message, before September 12, the man would have assured to seek a ground in Chiapas, while his wife spoke about a spiritual center. “It seemed weird to us, it’s not their style”had explained to AFP in early October Nawel Madjour, sister of the disappeared, who also questions the origin of the messages.