Brown / chilean recluse spider?

Mexico City, Mexico

Yesterday night I found this spider in my appartment in Mexico City. It was walking on the floor when I saw it. I immediately sprayed some pesticide -Raid-, which made it run away pretty fast. Then I smashed it, so I was not able to take any pictures of the living creature.
I was wondering if it could be a member of the loxosceles genus, may be a laeta or a brown recluse. It has the shape, the legs and the size -its body about half an inch and a little more than an inch lenght with spread legs. Unfortunately, I do not have any instrument to examine if it has 6 or 8 eyes.
What do you think?

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Minot, ND

Your spider definitely is not a recluse spider - compare the eyes of yours (easily seen in your last two images) with those of a recluse spider - see http://gallery.redorbit.com/national-science-foundation-gallery/medium/pf3339_loxosceles_h.jpg

Mexico City, Mexico

Thanks! It scared me to death see it running.
100% sure?
If not any of the loxosceles, any idea about what kind of spider my visitor was?

Minot, ND

Unfortunately, no. Intact spiders are much easier to identify than damaged ones...

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