Prosecutors in Mexico have warned of a "sociopathic" serial killer who has been murdering women close to the US border.
The Baja California State Prosecutor's Office has raised the alarm about an American serial killer who is believed to have slain at least three women in Tijuana.
Prosecutor Ivan Carpio Sanchez described him as "prone to criminal behaviour, to reacting violently, and sociopathic".
He added: "Very similar to the guy known in decades past who got a lot of airtime and who went by the name Ted Bundy."
One of the women he is believed to have killed is 25-year-old Elizabeth Martinez Cigarroa.
She had disappeared on Valentine's Day following a date with the suspect at the bar where she worked as a dancer.
Carpio said the deaths of the the three women show signs of a killer who seduces vulnerable women, convinces them to meet in a private setting, violently sexually assaults them and then murders them.
Three days later, on 17th February, her brother had found her naked body in the boot of an abandoned SUV.
Prosecutors say Elizabeth was the third female bar worker in the area to have been killed in similar circumstances.
His other two victims have been identified only as 28-year-old Karen, from Veracruz, and Angela.
Carpio Sanchez had previously said of the suspect: "He's someone who attacks people in vulnerable situations.
"Working alone, he deceives them so he can be in a situation where he can attack them, under the pretext of engaging in intimate activities."
Mexican officials have not released his name but some reports have identified him as 30-year-old Brayan Andrade Rivera from California, USA.
Prosecutors have now filed for an arrest warrant against him with judicial officials and requested his extradition from the USA.
Local media described him as "bulky" and his chosen victims as "petite".
He was reportedly identified through footprints he had left at crime scenes, CCTV footage, and witness statements.
The State Prosecutor's Office is now reportedly waiting for collaboration from the FBI and Interpol to be able to get him back on Mexican soil and put him on trial.
“Without a doubt, we’re going to detain him, and we’re going to extradite him to Baja California where he will be processed,” Carpio told reporters.
Ted Bundy - whom Carpio Sanchez referred to - was one of the most notorious criminals of the late 20th century, having sexually assaulted and killed several young women across the USA in the 1970s.
He ultimately confessed to 28 murders, but some estimated that he was responsible for hundreds of deaths.
He was put to death by electrocution in 1989.
Earlier this year police made a gruesome discovery of 300 more bones in the basement of a cannibal serial killer.
Andres Filomeno Mendoza, 73 - dubbed the 'Cannibal of Atizapan' in Mexico - was arrested last year by police investigating the disappearance of one of his victims.
Then, Mendoza admitted to killing around 30 women since 1990, which he keeps listed in a notepad.
During this time, astonished investigators discovered the remains of mutilated women on his table. He also admitted to carrying out acts of cannibalism on them, and eating parts of their corpses.
Last year, police took away over 4,000 bones and fragments from the house - some of which were buried under concrete in the basement.
And over the last four months, police found another 300 bones at the property.
The total amount of carcass has now reached to around 4,600 pieces, according to the Attorney General's Office for Mexico State.
Local media also reported that the bones could belong to 19 victims - made up of 17 women, one man, and one child.
They also say that Mendoza met many of his victims in nightclubs, before tricking them to come home with him.
Once luring them into his home, he would stab them in the heart, cut them up, and then proceed to bury them in the basement.
