Cartel boss ‘hired hitman to execute beauty influencer during livestream after she split up with his son’

A CARTEL boss allegedly hired a hitman to shoot a beauty influencer dead during a TikTok livestream after she split with his son. Valeria Marquez was live streaming to her adoring followers from inside her beauty salon in the crime-ridden state of Jalisco in Mexico when a gunman opened fire last May. Valeria Marquez was shot dead in Jalisco last May Credit: Newsflash The influencer was livestreaming to fans when she was brutally murdered Credit: Newsflash Horrified viewers witnessed the brutal murder as she was struck once in the chest and twice in the head, dropping to the floor instantly. Chillingly, she had mentioned earlier during the broadcast the possibility that someone was out to kill her. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! “Maybe they were going to kill me or something,” the influencer told followers. Prosecutors are now accusing Ramon Nagel Alvarez Ayala, a senior figure in the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) of ordering her shocking death. Broadcasting from inside her beauty salon, she was shot three times Credit: Jam Press Authorities believe her murder was ordered by a cartel boss Ayala – also known as “El R1” – was captured in a special forces operation on Thursday, which also saw a member of his security team killed. Federal security secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch claimed Ayala’s son, Francisco Alvarez, phoned his dad to order the hit after his relationship with Marquez ended. The leader of one of Mexico’s most powerful crime networks allegedly told the hitman to enter the salon, posing as a delivery driver. Inside, he asked for the 23-year-old influencer to confirm her identity. Most read in The Sun Once she responded to him calling her name, he opened fired and shot Marquez three times. Harfuch said: “The son of R1 had a romantic relationship with Valeria [Marquez], he had threatened her on several occasions, and everything indicates – and this will be proven – that the son asked his father, R1, to commit the femicide.” Harfuch also accused Ayala of being the mastermind behind “multiple violent acts in the region”. Ramon Nagel Alvarez Ayala was arrested on suspicion of her murder Credit: SSPC Ayala’s son allegedly asked her dad to order the hit after his relationship with Marquez ended Credit: Reuters Marquez had previously claimed that she was being threatened, claiming her ex-boyfriend should be “held responsible for anything that happens to me and my family”. Just days after her death, a mysterious bouquet of red roses was left outside the shop with a chilling note. They were accompanied by a note that simply said: “Sorry.” The bouquet was considered suspicious and is thought to have been left by the suspected killer. Both Francisco and the hitman currently remain at large. It was previously reported the main suspect was fellow cartel leader Ricardo Ruiz Velasco, but it has since been revealed there was “no evidence” linking him to the murder. Ayala also stands accused of the murder of the mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo, during a Day of the Dead festival. Manzo had been celebrating with his family – including his two young children – when a teenage hitman shot him in the back. He later died in hospital while the gunman was swiftly shot dead by Manzo’s security team. The notorious cartel headed up by Ayala was declared a foreign terrorist by the Trump administration last year. It regularly extorts businesses while also trafficking drugs like cocaine, fentanyl and methamphetamine. The cartel’s founder Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, better known as El Mencho, was killed earlier this year by authorities after being captured by the army in Tapalpa, Jalisco. The crime boss’ death set off a wave of violence in Jalisco, with cars and businesses set on fire, and schools temporarily closed. Comment now