Mexican Beauty Influencer Valeria Márquez Killed in Attack While Livestreaming on TikTok

Beauty influencer Valeria Marquez was shot dead during a TikTok livestream from her salon in Zapopan, Mexico. The case is being investigated as a suspected femicide, according to local authorities. Just days earlier, another woman – a mayoral candidate in the state of Veracruz – was also shot dead during a livestream, alongside three other people.

The congressman died just hours after Valeria Marquez, in the same city.

Authorities in Jalisco say they have made a breakthrough in the murder case of Valeria Márquez, a 23-year-old beauty influencer who was shot and killed May 13 while livestreaming on TikTok from her beauty salon. Jalisco Gov. Pablo Lemus Navarro told reporters that surveillance cameras captured the moment the...

Family members of missing Mexicans have discovered a new mass grave with dozens of human remains, just weeks after another such location was identified in a country plagued by armed violence. The Financial Times reported that the camp in question is located in the state of Colima. There, authorities found...

For years, Mexican drug cartels and other criminal organizations have used clandestine graves to dispose of their victims' bodies and cover their tracks. Ditches, deep holes and makeshift cremation furnaces have been among the most common methods. But according to a recent report, cartel members in northern Mexico are now using septic tanks to hide and dispose of victims.

A hitman disguised himself as a nurse to enter a Tijuana hospital and kill a woman, local outlets reported. Video footage from a hospital hallway shows a man wearing a surgical mask entering a room and firing before running away. The woman in question had been admitted to the hospital...

The lawyer for Ovidio Guzman, son of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and a prominent member of the Sinaloa Cartel faction known as "Los Chapitos," denied that the recent crossing of 17 family members of his client to the U.S. took place as part of a plea deal with American authorities.

A private security officer at a Texas immigrant detention center ran by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been charged for allegedly choking a handcuffed detainee. Charles Siringi, 66, was charged with deprivation of rights under color of law resulting in bodily injury following a March 31 incident at...

A New York news anchor remained on set to deliver breaking news despite having gone into labor just moments prior. Olivia Jaquith, a news anchor working at CBS affiliate WRGB in Schenectady, New York, appeared on the Wednesday morning news this week despite her water having broken just minutes before the broadcast began.

For Rae Vermeal, the experience of one Pima County senior illustrates the complexity of the housing struggle for older people in the region. The woman owns her home and gets $967 through Social Security.

Last month, a Utah family was arrested and indicted on federal charges in connection with a scheme to smuggle hundreds of millions of dollars in crude oil from Mexico into the United States. As authorities continue to investigate the case, prosecutors say one of the family's closest associates in the smuggling operation was none other than the Jalisco Cartel.

FRESNO, Calif. — A violent stabbing incident near Hammond Avenue and Mariposa Street on May 21 has left two men hospitalized and three suspects in custody, according to the Fresno Police Department.

A college graduate holding his infant son in his arms during a commencement ceremony at the University at Buffalo was chased by security officers across the stage in a viral moment that sparked both cheers and controversy. On May 18, Jean Paul Al Arab crossed the graduation stage with his...

Carolina Miranda, a former columnist for the LA Times, wrote in the Washington Post an op-ed likening El Salvador's infamous CECOT prison to a human zoo, decrying its use for political purposes. In a lengthy publication, Miranda detailed how U.S. officials and social media personalities have used the facility to...

Housekeys Action Network Denver, an advocacy group for people experiencing homelessness, is raising money for a family of nine who are homeless and living in a broken-down minivan.

Law enforcement officers in the Mexican state of Jalisco came under fire while serving an arrest warrant for a suspect wanted for attempted murder. Concretely, agents from the Jalisco Attorney General's Office were attacked by armed civilians in the Postes Cuates neighborhood, west of Guadalajara. According to authorities, officers had...

The Trump administration is reportedly pursuing a new strategy to accelerate deportations: terminate the immigration court cases of certain people to arrest them and place them in a faster deportation process. CBS News reported on Friday of the strategy, noting increased cases of migrants arrested outside immigration courthouses across the...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sparked outrage online after posting "Suck it" in response to a migrant lawsuit being dismissed due to most plaintiffs having already been deported. On March 1, 10 immigration detainees filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration and Noem, alleging they were being unlawfully transferred...

A judge has rejected efforts by former Gov. Matt Bevin and his ex-wife Glenna Bevin to keep their divorce settlement confidential, ruling in favor of their adopted son Jonah Bevin, 18, who had asked it be public.

The race for governor in Florida to replace Ron DeSantis is getting crowded as disgraced former Rep. Matt Gaetz reportedly continues eyeing a possible run for office. If he ends up actually throwing his hat in the ring, he would join Trump-backed Rep. Byron Donalds and Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis in the high-profile 2026 contest.

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — After nearly three decades of investigation and heartbreak, justice has arrived for the family of Monica Leech, a Camarillo mother of four killed during a 1997 bank robbery in Thousand Oaks, county prosecutors announced.

Donovan Elliot, 61, admitted to distributing large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl-laced heroin, with sentencing scheduled for September in New Jersey. A Queens Village, New York, man pleaded guilty in federal court in Newark to drug trafficking charges involving multiple kilograms of methamphetamine, fentanyl, and fentanyl-laced heroin, federal prosecutors announced.

Mexican Cartel drones were detected crossing the border into Texas 1,216 times between April 2024 and April 2025 by sensors installed by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). Even more alarming, DPS Texas Rangers Captain Troy Wilson told a US Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, the drone-detection network Texas has in place covers just 14% of its 1,254-mile border with Mexico. So the actual number of cartel drone incursions is likely much higher than they know.

President Donald Trump held a private event Thursday night with over 200 of the highest-paying customers of his personal cryptocurrency despite concern that he is amassing personal wealth at the expense of the White House. The event was held at the Trump National Golf Club in suburban Washington. The 220...

VENTURA, Calif. – A Victorville man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for orchestrating the 2004 murder of Dennis Wood, a Moorpark resident, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday.

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — A commercial truck driver was cited by the California Highway Patrol in Bakersfield after officers discovered a severely worn and blown-out tire during a roadside inspection, the agency stated.

In a new interview, U.S. Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dr. Mehmet Oz insisted it is American parents' "patriotic duty" to feed their kids vegetables so that they may one day be "eligible for the military." Dr. Oz went on Fox News Friday and shared how...

A dozen migrants were found hidden inside hollow hay bales following a traffic stop in Texas. Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek said an official stopped a pickup truck carrying a trailer loaded with the bales about 90 miles east of San Antonio. A closer inspection of the vehicle showed that...

Congress has found a rare point of unity: stopping U.S. cattle from getting swarmed by flesh-eating flies coming from Mexico. A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing forward the STOP Screwworms Act — a bill designed to protect cattle by releasing a peculiar army: sterilized flies. The goal is...