A California man has been charged with femicide in connection to the deaths of three women in the Mexican border city of Tijuana.
The man, Bryant Rivera, a 30-year-old resident of Downey, was arrested on July 6th and is accused of killing Angela Carolina Acosta Flores, whose body was found in a hotel room in Tijuana on January 25th, 2022.
According to court records, Rivera crossed the international line back and forth after each of the deaths, which occurred over the course of nearly a year starting in 2021.
Mexico plans to request his extradition in order to present evidence to add charges for the deaths of two more women in Tijuana.
Rivera appeared in federal court on Monday and was ordered to remain detained at the federal metropolitan detention center in Los Angeles for the duration of his extradition proceedings.
Mexico has 60 days to file a formal extradition request.
The mother of Acosta Flores told Mexican authorities that her daughter worked next door as a dancer at a strip bar called the Hong Kong Gentlemen’s Club and occasionally as a sex worker.
The mother told authorities she last heard from her daughter on January 24th, 2022, when she texted her that she would be taking one of her clients into room 404 at Las Cascadas Hotel for 30 minutes at about 10:15 PM.
At 10:45 PM, her mother said she started texting her daughter but never heard back from her.
Court records show that Acosta Flores' boyfriend went to the club at 3:00 AM and was told by a worker there that Acosta Flores had left with a customer who was a "gringo" named Bryant Rivera.
After her daughter's body was found in room 404, Acosta Flores' mother tracked her daughter's cellphone to an address in Riverside, California.
Security camera footage from the hotel captured a man matching Rivera's description and the victim entering room 404, according to court records.
US Customs and Border Protection records show that Rivera entered the United States on foot through the San Ysidro port of entry shortly after midnight on
According to court records, Rivera crossed the international line back and forth after each of the deaths, which occurred over the course of nearly a year starting in 2021.
Mexico plans to request his extradition in order to present evidence to add charges for the deaths of two more women in Tijuana.
Rivera appeared in federal court on Monday and was ordered to remain detained at the federal metropolitan detention center in Los Angeles for the duration of his extradition proceedings.
Mexico has 60 days to file a formal extradition request.
The mother of Acosta Flores told Mexican authorities that her daughter worked next door as a dancer at a strip bar called the Hong Kong Gentlemen’s Club and occasionally as a sex worker.
The mother told authorities she last heard from her daughter on January 24th, 2022, when she texted her that she would be taking one of her clients into room 404 at Las Cascadas Hotel for 30 minutes at about 10:15 PM.
At 10:45 PM, her mother said she started texting her daughter but never heard back from her.
Court records show that Acosta Flores' boyfriend went to the club at 3:00 AM and was told by a worker there that Acosta Flores had left with a customer who was a "gringo" named Bryant Rivera.
After her daughter's body was found in room 404, Acosta Flores' mother tracked her daughter's cellphone to an address in Riverside, California.
Security camera footage from the hotel captured a man matching Rivera's description and the victim entering room 404, according to court records.
US Customs and Border Protection records show that Rivera entered the United States on foot through the San Ysidro port of entry shortly after midnight on