Valeria Márquez, a 23-year-old beauty influencer, was shot dead during a TikTok live-stream in Jalisco, Mexico, triggering an investigation into the incident as a possible femicide. Witnesses describe footage of Márquez in a beauty salon when she was shot by an unknown assailant. Her death is part of a troubling trend in Mexico, where violence against women has become a national crisis, with daily reports of femicides. Authorities report that more than a quarter of women killed in 2021 were categorized as femicide victims, highlighting an alarming pattern of targeted violence.
The incident is being investigated as a possible femicide, or a gender-based killing targeting a woman, highlighting the ongoing crisis of violence against women in Mexico.
In Mexico, femicide - and broader violence against women - has been described as a national crisis, with government data showing about 10 women are murdered every day.
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