Mexican immigrant married American woman so he could get a Green Card then 'murdered her with the help of his real wife'

• Francisco Valdivia and Rosalina Lopez are accused of murdering Cecelia Bravo
• Bravo has been missing since June, but her body has not been found
• Authorities claim Valdivia married Bravo so he could get legal permission to stay in the US
• The motive is believed to be connected to the relationship between the three 

A bigamist accused of killing his second wife with the help of his first has been charged with murder months after the victim disappeared.

The body of Cecelia Bravo Cabrera has yet to be found, but investigators say they have evidence implicating Mexican couple Francisco Valdivia, 37, and Rosalina Lopez, 39.

Authorities claim Valdivia, of Visalia in central California, married Cabrera so he could get legal permission to remain in the US.

Valdivia and Lopez, who married in Mexico in 2007, were arrested on Tuesday. Cabrera has been missing since June 9, when she was seen leaving a casino with Valdivia. He had just finished a 90-day sentence for cultivating marijuana when he was arrested.

Police discovered a number of sites where Valdivia was growing marijuana while investigating his wife's disappearance.

The motive is unclear, but is said to be connected to the relationship between the two suspects, who arrived in the US illegally, and their victim.

Mother-of-four Cabrera, who was very active on social media until her disappearance, knew her marriage to Valdivia was a sham, but investigators believe he and Lopez threatened her if she ended the...

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