Boyfriend admits to murdering Miss Honduras beauty queen and her sister

The boyfriend of a woman who was recently found murdered along with her beauty queen sister has admitted to murdering the two women.

The bodies of Miss Honduras 2014 winner Maria Jose Alvarado, 19, and her sister Sofia, 23, were found earlier this week, having gone missing a week ago.

Maria was due to fly to London the day after her murder to represent Honduras in the Miss World Competition taking place this week.

Sofia"s boyfriend, Plutarco Ruiz, reportedly confessed to police after being arrested that he and Sofia had a heated argument before he shot her, and then tued the gun on Maria as she tried to escape.

He said he became jealous when he saw her dancing with another man at his birthday party which sparked the argument later the same night.

Police escort Plutarco Ruiz, the boyfriend of Miss Honduras Maria Jose Alvarado"s sister, following his arrest (Picture: AFP STR/Getty Images)

A school friend of Maria said of her: ‘She was simple, humble, a total innocent smiling and without malice."

The mother of the sisters claimed Mr Ruiz called her the moing after their disappearance, telling her they had gone home with someone else.

The bodies of Maria and her sister were found a week after they went missing (Picture: EFE/REX)

(Picture: STR/AFP/Getty Images) 

Police also arrested a second man in connection with the murders, and are still searching for other suspects in connection to the case.

Honduras in central America has the highest recorded homicide rate in the world, with a disproportionately large amount of violence directed towards women, according to human rights organisations.

Maria Jose Alvarado was due to fly to London to represent honduras in the Miss World competition (Picture: STR/AFP/Getty Images)