Mexican Beauty Influencer, 23, Shot During TikTok Livestream

A younger Mexican social media influencer, identified for her movies about magnificence and make-up, was openly shot to dying throughout a TikTok livestream, in an incident that despatched shockwaves by means of a rustic that faces excessive ranges of gender-based violence.

The dying of Valeria Marquez, 23, is being investigated in accordance with protocols for femicide – the killing of girls or ladies for causes of gender – the Jalisco state prosecutor mentioned in a press release launched on Tuesday night.

Femicide can contain degrading violence, sexual abuse, a relationship with the assassin, or the sufferer’s physique being uncovered in a public area, in accordance with Mexican authorities.

Marquez was killed on Tuesday within the magnificence salon the place she labored within the metropolis of Zapopan by a person who entered and shot her, the assertion mentioned. The prosecutor’s workplace didn’t title a suspect.

Seconds earlier than the incident, Marquez was seen on her TikTok livestream seated at a desk clutching a stuffed toy. She was heard saying, “they’re coming,” earlier than a voice within the background requested “Hey, Vale?”

“Sure,” Marquez replied, simply earlier than muting the sound on the livestream.

Moments later, she was shot to dying. An individual appeared to choose up her cellphone, with their face briefly exhibiting on the livestream earlier than the video ended.

Marquez, who had almost 200,000 followers throughout Instagram and TikTok, had mentioned earlier on the livestream that somebody got here to the salon when she was not there with an “costly reward” to ship to her. Marquez, who appeared involved, mentioned she was not planning to attend for the individual to return again.

Mexico is tied with Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia because the international locations with the fourth-highest charges of femicide in Latin America and the Caribbean, in accordance with the most recent knowledge from the United Nations Financial Fee for Latin America and the Caribbean, at 1.3 such deaths for each 100,000 girls in 2023.

Jalisco is ranked sixth out of Mexico’s 32 states, together with Mexico Metropolis, for homicides, with 906 recorded there for the reason that starting of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s time period in October 2024, in accordance with knowledge consultancy TResearch.

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