Mexican Influencer Valeria Marquez killed on Tiktok Livestream

A 23-year-old Mexican social media influencer was shot while streaming on Tiktok, said the office of the public prosecutor.

Valeria Marquez was killed when a man entered her beauty salon in the city of Guadalajara “and apparently fired a gun on her”, according to the office of the public prosecutor of Jalisco.

The motive for the fatal attack has not been identified, but the case is examined as a femicide – when women and girls are killed because of their gender, the public prosecutor said.

Gender -based violence is very common in Mexico, where the UN reports 10 women or girls who are murdered every day by partners or family members.

Just before her death, Mrs. Marquez sat at a table with a cuddly animal at her beauty salon in the suburb of Zapopan who did a live stream.

Seconds later she is shot, with the images that only end when another person picks up her phone to stop the recording.

Local media reports say she was killed by a man who pretended to give her a gift.

The police arrived on the spot around 6:30 pm local time (12:30 GMT) and confirmed the death of Mrs. Marquez, according to the public prosecutor.

The office of the public prosecutor did not mention a suspect.

Fans of Mrs. Marquez, whose social media then amounted to nearly 200,000 in Tiktok and Instagram, responded to her death with horror.

Mayor of Zapopan Juan José Frangie said that his office had no report from Mrs. Marquez to ask for help from the authorities because of threats against her, adding “a femicide is the worst”, according to AFP news agency.

The public prosecutor says that forensic experts are investigating the shooting.