Honduras beauty queen Maria Jose Alvarado found dead

Honduras beauty queen Maria Jose Alvarado, 19,

and her sister Sofia Trinidad, 23, have been found

dead, officials say.

The two women went missing on Thursday, after they were spotted leaving a party in the Santa Barbara region.

Ms Alvarado had been due to compete in the

upcoming Miss World contest in London.

Four people, including Ms Alvarado’s boyfriend, have been questioned over the disappearance.

The head of the National Bureau of Criminal

Investigation, Leandro Osorio, said that the two

women’s bodies had been found in Cablotales village, near the Aguagua River.

“We are 100% sure that it’s them,” he said.

Mr Osorio said that a suspect had been detained, and that weapons and a car had been seized.

A “protected witness” had provided valuable

information, the police chief added.

The two women were last seen alive in a car without a licence plate as they left a party on 13 November.

According to a UN report, Honduras has the world’s

highest homicide rate, with 90.4 people murdered

per 100,000 of the population.