The two Quebecers murdered Monday in Playa del Carmen could have been the victims of a thief or a settling of accounts related to alleged fraud.
Posted at 5:20 p.m.
This is reported by Mexican media, citing local police sources.
Raphaël Huppé, 44, and Fannie Lorrain, 38, were found murdered Monday in a condo on 12e street in the downtown area of the popular Mexican resort town. The two victims were said to have been stabbed in the neck according to the authorities.
In the residence, the Mexican police would have discovered sophisticated technological devices allowing to carry out financial transactions with cryptocurrency, reported media from Mexico.
They also found evidence that Huppé used at least three different identities, one of which was Érick McCarthy.
Mexican investigators want to verify if Huppé could have committed fraud in Mexico.
“False identifications with the same identity as him have been found. They (the man and the woman) had quite sophisticated equipment and the experts will examine it to determine if it was revenge or just a robbery, ”said the attorney general of the region. of Quintana Roo, Óscar Montes de Oca, quoted by local media.
On the run in Mexico
Raphaël Huppé had been in Mexico since January 2016 and his immigration status was in order, authorities said. For six years, he was the subject of an Interpol search warrant and he probably settled in Mexico to flee the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
She had arrested him in 2014 for a case of fraud. Raphaël Huppé, who was involved in a company that claimed to have manufactured a device for detecting fatigue at the wheel, also had disputes with the Autorité des marchés financiers since 2010.
In 2015, the abrupt layoff of employees of its Canadian subsidiary, InterCore Research Canada, was the subject of an article in The Press.
That same year, Huppé had published a book describing the best ways he believed to get to the top.
On September 3, 2020, news indicating that Prime Minister François Legault had sent a message to anti-maskers and conspiracy theorists had been relayed on social networks and Raphaël Huppé (under the pseudonym of Ralph Huppe) had written: “He will eventually pull that cliss over there”.
grieving friends
As for Fannie Lorrain, according to her Facebook page, she worked for Mer et Monde in Montreal, which describes itself as an organization that initiates international cooperation. The organization did not respond to the message of The Press.
It is not known how long Fannie Lorrain had been in Mexico or for what reason.
Mexican police say the victims were a couple, however, friends of the young woman on social networks reject, where many have deplored her death.
“Today I mourn my friend, I mourn my former colleague, I mourn my late-night confidante, I mourn the wonderful person who made the stars shine around her. I’m crying so as not to scream my rage, ”wrote one of them.
“Your death is unreal, awful, tragic and unjust. Yesterday again we were playing with the ants, children. A part of me grew up with you. Wherever you went you left your rays. I can’t believe this horror. But you touched so many people. Each of them, I’m sure, remembers a wonderful person. With life ahead of you. I wish you peace. I kiss you, ”added another.
“I’m speechless… I’m overwhelmed… you leave a huge void in the hearts of everyone who knew you… watch over us, little angel,” added one of her friends.
With the collaboration of Hugo Joncas and Maxime Bergeron
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