A Mexican stepmom accused of killing her millionaire husband and stepchildren in Mexico City after she was removed from a will was apprehended after three years on the run.

According to Daily Mail, Berenice Alanis was arrested on Wednesday at a hotel in Mexico's resort town of Acapulco. A local news network reported that a hotel guest alerted the police after the person recognized the suspect's face from wanted posters.

The guest reportedly recorded Alanís' movements on a phone before calling the authorities. Reports said the Mexican stepmom was removed from her millionaire husband's will in 2018 over an alleged affair with her stepson and a colleague. 

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Motives of Mexican Stepmom Alias 'Black Widow' 

Berenice Alanis, dubbed the "Black Widow by the local press, allegedly orchestrated the murder of her 51-year-old husband Jacobo Quesada and her stepchildren Jacobo Quesada Jr., 25, and Patricia Quesada, 24, on April 5, 2019.

The Mexican stepmom was arrested a few days after the triple murder, but a judge released her. Noticieros Televisa reported the judge determined that the Prosecutor's Office in Gustavo A. Madero municipality in Mexico City had held her incorrectly. Thus, her detention was reportedly illegal, which led to her release.

Authorities said revenge and money were likely the motives for the crime committed by the Mexican stepmom. They said the businessman took Alanis out of his will after discovering that she had been unfaithful.

Her millionaire husband reportedly sought an end to their relationship in late 2018 after he found out that she was cheating on him and sleeping with Jacobo Quesada Jr. and an employee at the gym he owned.

Jacobo Quesada met Alanis in 2003 when he hired her to be part of the cleaning crew at the gym. He then left his wife Patricia Arellano to marry Alanis. It was not clear when they started dating and when he left his wife.

The businessman and his children had reportedly made the Mexican stepmom a part of their family. He even took her on vacation in New York, where they went shopping and attended a game of the New York Yankees.

Mexican Stepmom Hired Assassins to Kill Millionaire Husband and His Children in Mexico City

Authorities said Berenice Alanis hired assassins who walked into the gym owned by her millionaire husband in Mexico City and executed him along with his son and daughter.

According to Diario de Yucatan, Jacobo Quesada was with his children inside an office at the gym when Alanis came to exercise. The Mexican stepmom reportedly asked the front desk attendant to help her with a workout routine.

Two gunmen walked through the entrance, headed toward the office, and shot the family.

Investigators started to probe Alanis' activities after she took her husband's fleet of luxury vehicles, including two Corvettes, and changed the name of all titles before she sold them in 2019.

In December 2019, a judge approved a warrant for her arrest after prosecutors presented evidence that the Mexican stepmom had plotted the murder because she was removed from the will of her husband, who reportedly had a 20 million Mexican pesos (US$969,000) fortune.

Infobae reported that Jacobo Quezada was a businessman from Hidalgo who owned several buildings, businesses, and a car collection.

While evading capture, Alanis was reportedly seen in Querétaro, Hidalgo, Guerrero, and Puebla in Mexico and Las Vegas in the U.S. 

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Written by: Mary Webber

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