AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - TikTok influencer Cesar Gastelum gunned down during livestream in cartel-plagued Culiacan
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