Valeria Márquez, a 23-year-old influencer, was fatally shot during a TikTok livestream in her Guadalajara beauty salon. The gunman, posing as a delivery person, entered the salon and shot Márquez in the chest and head. The Jalisco state prosecutor is investigating the case as a femicide, highlighting the gender-based violence.
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