A Mexican TikTok star with nearly 600,000 followers was shot and killed outside a fast food restaurant in Culiacan while broadcasting live, the second influencer murdered on camera in Mexico in little more than a year. Cesar Gastelum was livestreaming with friends when two individuals wearing motorcycle helmets pulled up on a motorbike. Footage reviewed […] The post TikTok influencer Cesar Gastelum gunned down during livestream in cartel-plagued Culiacan appeared first on American Almanac .
A Mexican TikTok star with nearly 600,000 followers was shot and killed outside a fast food restaurant in Culiacan while broadcasting live, the second influencer murdered on camera in Mexico in little more than a year. Cesar Gastelum was livestreaming with friends when two individuals wearing motorcycle helmets pulled up on a motorbike. Footage reviewed by Reuters appears to show the motorcycle's driver firing a gun directly at Gastelum. A security official in the Mexican state of Sinaloa confirmed his death and said a significant security operation had been launched in response. No arrests have been announced. No motive has been publicly stated. And Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state and a longtime flashpoint for organized-crime…Open
Mexican special forces captured a senior leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel accused of ordering the contract killing of 23-year-old beauty influencer Valeria Márquez, shot dead inside her own salon while thousands watched on TikTok. Ramon Nagel Alvarez Ayala, known by the alias "El R1," was taken into custody during a raid that left […] The post Mexican authorities arrest CJNG cartel figure accused of ordering influencer's killing during TikTok livestream appeared first on American Almanac .
Mexican special forces captured a senior leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel accused of ordering the contract killing of 23-year-old beauty influencer Valeria Márquez, shot dead inside her own salon while thousands watched on TikTok. Ramon Nagel Alvarez Ayala, known by the alias "El R1," was taken into custody during a raid that left one member of his security team dead. Federal security secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch identified Ayala as a top figure in the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion, or CJNG, one of Mexico's most powerful criminal organizations. Prosecutors now accuse him of ordering the hit on Márquez after his son's romantic relationship with her ended. The killing itself, carried out last May inside Márquez's beauty…Open
The Trump administration has stepped over the Mexican president’s red line. The post Sheinbaum’s CIA Troubles appeared first on The American Conservative .
Latin America Sheinbaum’s CIA Troubles The Trump administration has stepped over the Mexican president’s red line. Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum is facing domestic backlash after it was revealed that two CIA agents died in a car crash in northern Mexico during an anti-narcotics operation last month. The agents, who posed as employees of a U.S. embassy, were working with Mexican officials in the state of Chihuahua to crack down on drug production in the region. Sheinbaum has consistently cooperated with President Donald Trump on immigration, crime, and drug policy, but she has refused to allow American troops or…Open
Derek Maltz, former acting administrator of the DEA, on the cartels relying on corrupt politicians and officials. Watch this full episode of "Bradley on the Border": https://open.spotify.com/show/3foEFAAftZFYHyFiMyMxEd #cartels #Mexico #corruption
Published March 22, 2026 Growing Cartel Power and an Unusual Leader A California‑born American citizen — identified as Juan Carlos Valencia González — has emerged as the new leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel [...]
Former intelligence officer Jesus Romero on vulnerabilities. Watch the latest "Bradley on the Border": https://open.spotify.com/show/3foEFAAftZFYHyFiMyMxEd #cartels #sleepercells #JesusRomero
