A man fatally killed an influencer of 23 -year -old Mexican Tiktok while she was live on May 13, and the investigators consider her a case of femicide.
The woman was identified by Reuters as Valeria Marquez. She was killed in what Jalisco’s state prosecutor’s office officially called a femicide, a murder of a woman or a girl because of her sex.
Marquez was in a beauty salon in western Zapopan, a city in the Mexican state of Jalisco, prosecutors said in a shared press release on social networks. Marquez was inside a beauty salon when a man entered and shot him.
Municipal police and paramedical paramedics responded to the scene, confirming that Marquez had died, prosecutors said.
Although no suspect has yet been identified, the investigators were on the scene to collect testimonies and evidence, as well as activities on social networks, prosecutors said.
The office said that experts from the Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences were treating the premises and that the body of Marquez was taken to medical medical service for an autopsy.
What happened to Valeria Marquez?
Marquez often shared photos of modeling and trips of itself. She also worked at the Beauty show where she was killed, reported Reuters.
According to the point of sale, Marquez declared earlier during the live broadcast that someone came to the show while she was absent. The person had an expensive gift for her and she seemed worried. She said she didn’t wait for the person to come back.
Shortly before she was killed, Marquez was seen holding a toy in plush, then she said “They arrive.”
A voice then said “hey, vale”, to which Marquez replied “yes”, confirming his identity. She then dumb Le Livestream. Shortly after, she was shot.
Someone caught their phone, appearing briefly on the screen before the end of the flow, Reuters reported.
Since May 15, the sequel to Marquez on social networks has continued to grow. At noon, the influencer had raised more than 250,000 subscribers on Instagram.
“It’s amazing to see how you get huge subscribers only when something happens to you, because before you don’t appear in their world,” said a user on May 14, translated from Spanish.
What is femicide?
The prosecutors said that the case was the subject of an investigation as a femicide face, sometimes called feminicide.
Femicidal is the murder of women and girls because of their gender, according to the European Institute of Gender Equality.
According to the Institute, femicide occurs when women are murdered as a result of violence between intimate partners, killed in honor, killed in relation to Dowries, killed because of their sexual orientation and other scenarios.
The femicides have also been linked to gangs, organized crime, drug traffickers, human trafficking and the proliferation of mild weapons, the institute said.
Removal and other crimes in Jalisco
In September 2024, US officials published a travel notice for Jalisco’s State, urging travelers to “reconsider travel due to crime and kidnapping”.
“Violent crimes and gang activities are common in some parts of the state of Jalisco,” said the US State Department. “In Guadalajara, territorial battles between criminal groups take place in tourist areas. Employment incidents between criminal groups have injured or killed innocent passers -by. American and (permanent legal residents) were victims of kidnapping. ”
On May 13, Jalisco prosecutors announced that a woman had been arrested for the role she would have played in a femicide against another woman. According to prosecutors, the murder occurred in May 2024.
The victim went to a house where two men and another woman were present. The two men approached the woman, accused her of stealing drugs and physically assault, prosecutors said.
“The now detected woman would have participated in the attacks that took the life of the victim,” the prosecutors wrote on May 13.
Corrections and clarifications: This story has been updated to correct an inaccuracy.
Saleen Martin is a journalist from the Now’s Now team from USA Today. She is from Norfolk, Virginie – 757. Send him an email to sdmartin@usatody.com.
