TikTok influencer in Mexico shot and killed on livestream
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A Mexican social media influencer was killed while livestreaming at a beauty salon in a region known for cartel violence, with prosecutors indicating she was the victim of a deliberate attack by a hitman.

Valeria Márquez, 23, a model and beauty influencer boasting over 113,000 TikTok followers, collapsed on camera after being shot in the head and chest by a masked gunman who escaped on a motorcycle with an accomplice, according to prosecutors.

The audacious murder is being investigated as femicide, a gender-based crime under Mexican law, with Mexican President Claudia offering condolences to Márquez’s family and stating that Mexico’s security cabinet is collaborating with the prosecutor’s office to resolve the case.

Mexican social media influencer Valeria Márquez

Mexican social media influencer Valeria Márquez was fatally shot during a livestream. Authorities suspect she was the victim of a targeted hit linked to cartel violence, and it is being investigated as femicide. (@v___marquez/via Instagram)

“The aggressor arrived asking if the victim (Márquez) was there. So it appears he didn’t know her,” Rodríguez said. “With that, you can deduce — without jumping to conclusions — that this was a person who was paid. It was obviously someone who came with a purpose.”

Márquez was handed a stuffed animal and a bag of Starbucks coffee while she was on the livestream before the fatal shots rang out. 

The region is firmly controlled by one of the most powerful cartels in Mexico, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, and murders by hired guns on motorcycles, often known as “sicarios,” have become a common occurrence.

Rodríguez said that authorities were also investigating if the death was connected to the murder of a former congressman just hours earlier in the same area of Guadalajara, also carried out by two men on a motorcycle.

The killing has sent shockwaves through a country that faces high levels of violence against women.

Sheinbaum said on Thursday that an investigation is under way to first find those responsible and the motive behind this situation.

Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum extended her condolences to Márquez’s family. (Reuters)

“We are working to find those responsible and determine the motive behind this situation. Obviously, we express our solidarity with the family during this unfortunate situation. Our solidarity goes out to her family,” she said. 

Friends and relatives held a funeral for the slain influencer on Thursday.

Jalisco is ranked sixth out of Mexico’s 32 states, including Mexico City, for homicides, with 909 recorded there since the beginning of Sheinbaum’s term in October 2024, according to data consultancy TResearch.

Fox News’ Alexis McAdams, The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.

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