Mexican influencer Cesar Gastelum shot to death during livestream
Authorities are investigating possible cartel links as nearly 600,000 followers watched the shooting unfold on TikTok.
- On Tuesday, Mexican social media influencer Cesar Gastelum was shot and killed in Culiacan while livestreaming outside a fast food restaurant, local authorities said; he had nearly 600,000 TikTok followers.
- Persistent violence in Culiacan provided the backdrop for the killing, as the city remains a center for rival organized crime factions competing for control in Sinaloa.
- Two people wearing helmets approached Gastelum on a motorcycle during the broadcast; a recording seen by Reuters shows the driver firing a gun directly at him.
- The shooting recalls the May 2025 death of Mexican beauty influencer Valeria Marquez, who was killed during a TikTok livestream in Zapopan, Jalisco; her case was investigated under femicide protocols.
- Security Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch identified Ramon Angel Alvarez Ayala, known as "El R-1," as a leader linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel , arrested in Jalisco in July.
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Mexican influencer César Gastélum, 25 years old and known in networks as ‘Cesarín’, was shot dead last Tuesday while making a live broadcast with two friends in Culiacán, Sinaloa, a few meters from the headquarters of the Attorney General’s Office of the State. The event was broadcast on the Kick platform ... Continue reading "César Gastélum, Mexican influencer, is shot dead live"
With almost 600,000 followers in TikTok, Gastelum was making a live broadcast in front of a fast food restaurant when two people on a motorcycle shot him in the mouth
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In the violence-plagued Mexican state of Sinaloa, an influencer was killed on the street during a livestream. According to security services, armed men deliberately shot at César Gastélum.
The content creator César Gastélum, 24, was shot to death during a live broadcast in Culiacán, Sinaloa. The crime occurred in the Urban Development sector Tres Ríos at the hands of two subjects aboard a motorcycle. The murder adds to a worrying wave of fatal attacks against influencers in different states of Mexico. Direct armed attack against the young content creator The young influencer César Gastélum was deprived of his life while performing…
His murder was committed in a busy area, not far from the state attorney's office in Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa. The post Mexico: Influencer murdered on live broadcast appeared first on in.gr.
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