Cartel leaders fugitive son denies he or dad had TikTokker ex-girlfriend killed

The fugitive son of a jailed high-ranking Mexican cartel leader has claimed in a new interview that he and his father have been wrongfully accused in the murder of his influencer ex-girlfriend.Francisco Álvarez and his father Ramón Álvarez, a regional leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel who on Wednesday was indicted on drug trafficking charges in Washington, DC, were named last month as the masterminds behind the killing of Valeria Márquez, who was executed during a TikTok livestream in her beauty salon in Zapopan on May 13, 2025.“I don’t understand how anyone can accuse us, saying things like, ‘Oh, he asked his dad for a favor,’ when there is absolutely no basis for it,” Francisco Álvarez told Mexican journalist Luis Chaparro of “Pie de Nota.” “I mean, was the person making such statement actually present when I supposedly asked for that favor? Of course not.“So, if I bear no guilt and am innocent in this matter, then naturally my dad is innocent, too, because he wasn’t involved in any of that.”Their 30-minute interview, which was held in an undisclosed location in the western Mexico state of Jalisco, aired on the outlet’s YouTube channel on Aug.

21.Mexico security chief Omar García Harfuch linked the father and son to Márquez’s murder during a July 31 press conference to announce the previous day’s arrest of Ramón Álvarez — who is known as “R1” — for the November 2025 assassination of Uruapan, Michoacán Mayor Carlos Manzo.“R1’s son was in a romantic relationship with Valeria and had already threatened her on several occasions; all indications – and this is about to be proven – are that the son asked his father, ‘R1,’ to commit the femicide,” García Harfuch said.The following day, on Aug.1, police arrested a second suspect identified as Iván Martín, for his “possible involvement prior to, during, and after the attack that claimed the victim’s life,” according to the Jalisco State Attorne...