Justice for Andrea Maylín: Arrest of Femicide Suspect Following Federal Intervention in Morelos
Andrea Maylín Chino Ramos, a 22-year-old killed by her partner Ricardo N on June 21, 2025, in Morelos, endured months of concealment, a faked horse burial, and initial state investigative refusals before federal intervention secured arrests.
The investigation into the homicide stretched across more than a year due to the suspect’s deception and institutional obstruction. The victim’s father, Juan Carlos Chino Mauricio, recounted that the partner claimed Andrea had simply walked out following a dispute, masking the murder by staging the burial of an animal nearby.
The Faked Horse Burial and the Ruse of Disappearance
The concealment began two days after the killing, when the partner contacted the victim’s family to falsely report her missing. To explain away suspicious activity on the property, the suspect and his father claimed they had buried a dead horse in a plot two houses away. A preliminary state search recovered only the animal’s remains.
Private security footage secured two months later by the family and the Fiscalía de Desaparecidos revealed the true sequence. The footage showed the suspect transporting a box from the marital home to his parents’ residence and subsequently to the neighboring plot where the body was hidden.
Federal Intervention Forces Morelos Authorities to Revise Forensic Report
Following the discovery of Andrea’s body, Morelos state authorities issued a death certificate listing the cause of death as indeterminate and refused to classify the case as a femicide. This administrative roadblock sparked street protests and the blocking of Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City, where the victim’s father appealed directly to federal officials.
Support from the Secretaría de las Mujeres in Ciudad de México prompted the deployment of investigators under the direction of Omar García Harfuch, leading the Morelos prosecutor’s office to revise the forensic report to mechanical asphyxiation. Concurrently, application of the Ley Monse facilitated the arrest of the suspect’s mother in Veracruz and his father in the Estado de México, the latter of whom attempted to swallow bank cards and destroy phones.
The Arrest in Puebla and Legal Proceedings
The primary suspect was captured on September 11 in Puebla after citizens recognized him and routed his location to Juan Carlos Chino through social media. Ricardo N remains detained at the Cuautla prison in Morelos, bound over for trial on charges of femicide, alongside pending hearings for prior domestic violence and forced disappearance. The defense has requested a transfer to the Atlacholoaya penitentiary where the suspect’s father is held, a maneuver the victim’s family opposes as an attempt to coordinate legal strategies.