This Mexican Beauty Influencer Was Shot And Killed During A TikTok Livestream
23-year-old Valeria Márquez, who had around 200,000 followers on social media, was killed in a beauty salon where she worked in Zapopan, Jalisco state, in central Mexico, on May 13.
This Mexican beauty influencer was shot and killed during a TikTok livestream.
23-year-old Valeria Márquez, who had around 200,000 followers on social media, was killed in a beauty salon where she worked in Zapopan, Jalisco state, in central Mexico, on May 13.
During the stream, Márquez was sitting at a table holding a stuffed animal before she said, "they're coming".
A man is then heard asking her offscreen if she is Valeria, and she responded with “yes” before proceeding to mute the video to talk to them.
Moments later, Márquez was shot at least twice on the livestream and collapsed in her chair.
The man who shot her reportedly then fled via motorcycle, while another woman's face appeared on the stream right before the video ended, according to Al Jazeera.
Márquez had said earlier on the livestream that someone came and left her an "expensive gift" when she wasn't there, adding that she doesn’t want them to come back while looking concerned.
Authorities are treating the case as femicide, which is the murder of a woman due to her gender, but have not named a suspect.
About 10 women or girls are murdered in Mexico every day, according to the UN.
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