Mexican influencer shot lifeless throughout TikTok livestream seemed to be killed by hit man: prosecutors

[ad_1] MEXICO CITY -- The social media influencer who was shot dead during a live stream on TikTok within the Mexican state of Jalisco seemed to be murdered by successful man and expressed worry earlier than being killed, prosecutors stated on Thursday.

The grisly homicide of 23-year-old Valeria Márquez on Tuesday shocked the Latin American nation, igniting rumors in regards to the motive behind her killing in a area that is been eclipsed by cartel violence in recent times. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated her administration is working with native investigators to trace down the killer and prolonged her condolences to Márquez's household.

Denis Rodríguez, a spokesperson for the Jalisco State Prosecutor's Workplace, offered new particulars on the killing on Thursday, however stated prosecutors have been nonetheless investigating the loss of life of the mannequin and wonder influencer with greater than 113,000 followers on the social media app.

Rodríguez stated that early Tuesday afternoon, hours earlier than the taking pictures, a masked man posing as a supply driver arrived on the magnificence salon on the outskirts of Guadalajara, accompanied by one other man on a motorbike. In keeping with a girl within the salon, the boys stated they'd a “very costly” present for Márquez that they needed to ship in individual. When Márquez arrived and heard folks have been in search of her she expressed worry in her livestream.

“Possibly they have been going to kill me,” she stated within the video minutes earlier than she was killed. “Have been they going to come back and take me away, or what? I am anxious.”

When the boys returned, they requested if it was Márquez who was now within the salon, one thing that prompted prosecutors to imagine that the boys have been employed assassins, Rodríguez stated.

“The aggressor arrived asking if the sufferer (Márquez) was there. So it seems he did not know her," Rodríguez stated. "With that, you possibly can deduce — with out leaping to conclusions — that this was an individual who was paid. It was clearly somebody who got here with a goal.”

Márquez was handed a stuffed animal and a bag of Starbucks espresso whereas she was on the livestream, and was shot within the head and the chest, collapsing on digicam. TikTok has since taken down the influencer's account.

Whereas it was nonetheless unclear who was behind the killing, the area is firmly managed by some of the highly effective cartels in Mexico, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel , and Rodríguez famous murders by employed weapons on bikes, usually generally known as “sicarios,” have develop into a typical prevalence.

Rodríguez stated that authorities have been additionally investigating if the loss of life was related to the homicide of a former congressman simply hours earlier in the identical space of Guadalajara, additionally carried out by two males on a motorbike.