Cartel Boss Arrested in Influencer’s Live Killing, but Viewers Still Suspect Her BFF is Involved

**Stephanie Soo** (0:02)
Welcome to part two of the Valeria Marquez case. If you guys haven't listened to the audio part one, please do that first. We went through who Valeria Marquez is. She's a 23 year old Mexican influencer based in Guadalajara.
She owns her own beauty salon, and she was on TikTok live stream when she is ultimately shot three times and killed. A lot of people have opinions on what and who is the person that did this to her. It's a delivery man, but go listen to part one. And in part two, we're going to break down the entire full live stream, the arrests and what people think happened. Valeria Marquez starts her last TikTok live stream, May 13th, 2025
She's sitting inside her Blossom Beauty Lounge, and it looks like she's near the receptionist desk. Like she's behind it.
And it's just like a green wall behind her. And mainly you just see Valeria in frame. You don't really see anything else. And it does appear to be somewhat of a slow day. Or perhaps it's close to closing time, and they don't have a lot of walk-ins coming through. There is music playing in the back, but it's, I mean, it's a salon. So it's not a club. You can hear Valeria. The music is very background noise. And then there's really not much else. She's wearing a tight pink bodysuit. This is very pertinent later. She's wearing white jeans. And the first 45 minutes of this live stream, it feels beyond ordinary. She's answering questions about her eyelash extensions. She's talking about how her head hurts a little bit. She has a headache. The comments are asking her, are you going to stay there all day? And she says, no, no, no, she plans on leaving soon. She says she's extremely tired, just not feeling great. It seems like very early on in the live stream, the last remaining client leaves. So it's just Valeria and one of her employees, Erica, in the entire salon. It's just two of them.

**SPEAKER_2** (1:49)
Is Erica in frame or no?

**Stephanie Soo** (1:51)
She comes in frame briefly. Like her face is kind of here and there, but not really at all. And it seems like she's doing things in the background. So when she's even talking to Valeria, her voice will sound sometimes more distant, sometimes a little bit closer. She's just in that vicinity. Now, the question that people have is, okay, well, it's near closing time and you guys are both there. You don't have any clients and you're saying your head hurts. Why don't you just leave? Or like, why don't you leave it for Erica to close the store? Is that the best thing a boss can do? Probably not, but it would make sense. So it's just Valeria and her employee Erica. Why are they not leaving? It just doesn't, it's kind of odd. To the point where comments are pointing that out and Valeria responds, well, the only reason that she's not leaving and she's staying is because her employee Erica told her some delivery driver came by earlier today. So at this point, Valeria had stepped out to go to the doctor's office. Erica's alone, she's managing the salon and a delivery driver comes up with this mysterious gift in a black bag and he's like, this is for Valeria. Erica's like, okay, well, that's my boss. So I can just sign something like you can just give it to me. She's about to be back in an hour.
He says, no, it's a very expensive delivery and I can only leave it with Valeria. But because Erica's like, okay, well, she's not here and she's going to be back in like an hour. Why don't you just come back in an hour?
And he says, okay, I'll come back in an hour.
It's been way longer than an hour. So this is around 230 It's closer to six right now.
Valeria is so confused by this. Like she, it seems that she was told by Erika all of this before she starts the TikTok live stream. And as she's explaining it to the comments of why she's staying, even though she has like a headache, she's kind of confused. As she's explaining it, she's also kind of confused. And she's asking like, Erika, do you know what the delivery was? Did he mention where it's from, who it's from? And Erika's like, I have no clue.
I just knew it was in a black bag. I don't even know what was in there. Valeria's like, okay, well, I guess I have to wait. But I'm like, falling asleep. Erika reassures her it was a black bag, but it was like one of those present gift bags. They get a little distracted with work stuff, and then Erika eventually brings up the topic of the present again. She says, you know, they're making us get excited. Valeria, on the other hand, seems a little more skeptical, and I don't know if this is just her blunt humor coming into play, but she says, dude, maybe they're gonna kill me.