Mexican drug lord arrested after allegedly ordering influencers live-streamed murder after she dated his son
A Mexican cartel leader who allegedly ordered a TikTokker’s live-streamed murder because she and his son had broken up has been arrested. Ramón Ángel Álvarez Ayala, a senior figure in the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, was captured by special forces in downtown Atotonilco el Alto, Jalisco, on Thursday, Mexican outlet Excelsior reported.He was also wanted in the assassination of Carlos Manzo, the mayor of Uruapan who was killed during a Day of the Dead festival in November 2025.Fashion and beauty influencer Valeria Marquez was killed in her Jalisco beauty salon in May 2025 after a gunman stormed the business and shot her in the chest and head.Marquez was broadcasting to her tens of thousands of followers when the assassin entered the salon and could be heard asking off camera if her name was Valeria.The 23-year-old’s body then slumped onto the table and a woman could be seen rushing to turn the livestream off.Álvarez Ayala allegedly organized Marquez’s murder after receiving a call from his son, Francisco Álvarez, who was previously in a relationship with the influencer, according to Omar García Harfuch, Mexico’s Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection.“He [Álvarez] had threatened her on several occasions and everything indicates, and this will be proven, that the son asked his father, R-1, to carry out the femicide,” the official said.Cops have not yet arrested Francisco Álvarez or the gunman who carried out the assassination.Just hours before the slaying, Marquez had shared a selfie on her Instagram Story of herself posing in the salon.Meanwhile, Manzo, 40, was killed in front of horrified supporters at the Day of the Dead celebration in November 025 – just one month after calling for “brute force” against drug cartels.“I don’t want to be just another murdered mayor,” he said, as he called out the ruthless criminals.“But it is important not to let fear control us.”Teen gunman Victor Manuel Ubaldo, 17, shot the politician, ...