Mexico's Carnage: Where Social Media Meets Cartel Turf Wars The shooting death of Cesar Gastelum, a popular Mexican TikTok influencer, during a livestream has sent shockwaves through social media and beyond.
What's disturbing is not just the senseless killing itself but the eerie pattern it follows in a country where social media stars are increasingly caught in the crossfire of cartel turf wars.
Gastelum's death marks at least 12 such incidents in Culiacan since September 2024, with many more scattered throughout Mexico.