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Accused killer of student who vanished after using Chinese ride-share app says he turned himself in 'out of fear'

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The main suspect in the killing of a Mexican education student last week has turned himself in, saying he fled the scene "out of fear" and that he and his family had been threatened.

Sergio Gutiérrez was driving a car for Chinese ride-hailing app DiDi last Monday night when he took a request from 23-year-old Paola Bañuelos, who was leaving a bar in the city of Meixcaly, close to the U.S.-Mexico border. That was the last time she was seen alive.

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