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Influencer Shot Live on TikTok: How Rampant Is Femicide in Mexico?

Valeria Marquez, a 23-year-old Mexican influencer, was fatally shot on 13 May 2025 while livestreaming from her beauty salon in Zapopan, Jalisco.
The Jalisco prosecutor's office is investigating her killing as a femicide, a term describing gender-based murders where women are killed due to their gender.
Mexico faces a significant femicide problem, with 852 women killed in 2023 and a national femicide rate near 1.3 per 100,000 women, tied with Paraguay, Uruguay, and Bolivia.
Valeria was reportedly waiting for a gift from a man just before the shooting, leading to social media speculation about her friend Vivian de la Torre, though authorities have found no confirmed leads.
Valeria's death highlights the persistent violence against women in Mexico amid rising global femicide rates, raising questions about motives amid common gender-based violence in the country.

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diario.mx

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In the Face of Rumors, It Is Better to Confirm

After the murder of Valeria Márquez, various rumors arose on social networks about the authorship of the crime. Ramón Becerra, a cyber security specialist, explained that these assumptions go viral and many people take them as certainties. "Unfortunately many young people and many people are taking this social network as sources of information, but they don't know if what people are really saying, the so-called influencers, through these tools c…

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Al Jazeera

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Influencer shot live on TikTok: How rampant is femicide in Mexico?

Mexico has the fourth-highest rate of femicide in Latin America and the Caribbean. Valeria Marquez is the latest victim.

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Infobae

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Who is Vivian De la Torre, influencer pointed out to ‘put’ Valeria Márquez to be killed on live broadcast

The Jalisco State Prosecutor's Office has initiated an investigation under the femicide protocol after the murder.

3 days ago·Buenos Aires, Argentina

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ladepeche.fr

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23-year-old influencer murdered in Mexico while filming live in her beauty salon

Valeria Marquez, a young and emerging influencer, was killed in Mexico while she was in her beauty salon. The 23-year-old woman had nearly 100,000 subscribers on TikTok.

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TVA Nouvelles

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Young influencer murdered in Mexico

A young Mexican influencer with more than 95,000 subscribers on the social network TikTok was shot dead on Tuesday in Jalisco State.

4 days ago·Montreal, Canada

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eldiariodechihuahua.mx

Doesn't Rule Out Valeria's Friends Being Involved.

The former boyfriend of the influencer Valeria Márquez, whom she had accused of threats, has not been identified by the authorities, acknowledged the prosecutor of Jalisco, Salvador González de los Santos. "We do not yet identify the former partner that has been mentioned, we are investigating," she explained. Likewise, Valeria's friend, Vivian, is localized but has not been interviewed. According to the live broadcast of Valeria, where it is se…

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