A jealous wife was arrested in Mexico for stabbing her husband after she failed to recognise herself in old photos on her husband’s cell phone thinking that he is with ‘another’ woman.

The woman, identified by the police only as ‘Leonora R’ was arrested after law enforcement were summoned to a to report of a domestic dispute. The police said that when officers arrived at the scene, they found that Leonora’s husband, identified as ‘Juan N’, had been stabbed multiple times on his legs and arms.

As per details, Leonora reportedly failed to instantly recognise herself because the woman in the images was younger, thinner, and wearing make-up. Juan told police he then explained to his wife that he had recently found the images in an old email and saved them to his phone, after which she realised that she was the woman in the pictures.

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Leonora was immediately taken into custody and remains behind bars pending charges, local media say.

However the man was rushed to the hospital for his treatment of the wounds and is expected to recover soon.

Police were notified after neighbors heard screaming and shouting inside the couple’s home