Beauty influencer shoots in Tiktok live stream inside a Mexican salon – Country
A Mexican social media influencer was shot dead during a live stream on Tiktok and her beauty and makeup videos gained a huge following.
Her violent killings drove Shockwaves through Mexico, a country facing the highest gender-based violence in the world.
The death of Valeria Marquez, 23, is under investigation and is considered a woman, Jalisco prosecutor said in a statement Tuesday night. (Female kills women or girls due to gender.)
Women can include degrading violence, sexual abuse, or relationships with the murderer. Mexican authorities say it could also involve the exposure of the victim's bodies to public places.
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Max was killed Tuesday in Zapopan near Guadalajara by a man entering Zapopan near Guadalajara, where she was hired and shot her. The suspect has not been named yet.
A few seconds before the incident, Max was seen in Tiktok's live broadcast, sitting at the table with a plush toy. As the sound was made in the background, she heard her say, “Hey, Valley?”
Max responded to “Yes” before mute.
Shortly after she was fatally shot, one man grabbed her phone, and their faces were briefly displayed before the video was turned off.
At the time of her death, Marquez had about 200,000 followers on Instagram and Tiktok and earlier said on the livestream that a person arrived at the salon when she was not carrying “expensive gifts.” Max, who seemed worried when telling a story, said she was not going to wait for the person to come back.
Marquez last posted a photo on Instagram on Tuesday morning, where she could be seen posing in front of what appeared to be a salon.
Mexico, Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia are linked to countries with the highest rates of women in Latin America and the Caribbean, with Latin America and the Caribbean latest data showing that the number of female deaths per 100,000 women in 2023 is 1.3.
According to data consulting firm Tresearch, the state where her murders were already ranked sixth among Mexico’s 32 states, including Mexico City, where homicide has been recorded in 906 states since President Claudia Sheinbaum’s tenure in October 2024.
– Reuters' documents
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