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Killing of a Mexican TikToker Valeria Márquez raises questions

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Valeria Marquez , 23 , was shot dead at a beauty salon in Zapopan , central-eastern state of Jalisco .

The state prosecutor's office said it is investigating the crime as a femicide, meaning the crime was motivated by the fact the victim was a woman.

Ms Marquez was a rising star model who began to make a name for herself in 2021 after winning the Miss Rostro (Miss Face) beauty pageant.

Gender-based violence is a serious problem in Mexico , a country that ranks fourth in Latin America and the Caribbean for rates of femicide.

Less than 48 hours before Ms Marquez's murder, Yesenia Lara Gutiérrez , a mayoral candidate for Morena (the ruling party) in the city of Texistepec , Veracruz , was killed.

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