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Influencer shot dead in Mexico while live-streaming
Los Angeles Times • • world
Key Points:
- César Gastelum, a popular Mexican influencer with over 600,000 TikTok followers, was fatally shot while live-streaming in Culiacán, Sinaloa, with authorities investigating possible links to organized crime factions.
- The attack, carried out by gunmen on a motorcycle, occurred near the Sinaloa state prosecutor’s office, and police are probing Gastelum’s social media comments that alluded to criminal groups.
- Sinaloa has been plagued by a violent internal cartel conflict for nearly two years, with government troop deployments failing to stem the bloodshed.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum condemned the killing and pledged that both the perpetrators and masterminds would be brought to justice.
- The incident follows a pattern of attacks on Mexican social media personalities, including last year’s killing of influencer Valeria Márquez, linked to cartel rivalries and highlighting the dangers faced by public figures commenting on organized crime.
