Mexican influencer shot dead during TikTok livestream

Cesar Gastelum was killed as he sat in a car park with two others in Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state.Published On 5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026A Mexican social media influencer with 650,000 followers on TikTok has been killed while he was doing a livestream, authorities have said.Cesar Gastelum was shot dead on Tuesday in Culiacan, the capital of Mexico’s volatile Sinaloa state. The shooting took place near the local prosecutor’s office.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3US announces more than $100m in rewards for eight Jalisco cartel leaderslist 2 of 3US announces first two deaths from cyclospora outbreak in Michiganlist 3 of 3Jordan FA chief accuses FIFA’s Infantino of ‘blackmail’ over endorsementend of listA video of the moment of Gastelum’s death, seen by The Associated Press news agency, shows him laughing with two other men in the car park of a Kentucky Fried Chicken when two men pull up on a motorcycle. One is seen pulling out a gun and shooting Gastelum. The attackers then flee the scene.Sinaloa has been ravaged by warring between two factions, Los Mayos and Los Chapitos, of the Sinaloa Cartel in recent years, with dead bodies left across the city marked with eithe...