During the afternoon of last Tuesday, May 27, a woman who says she has witnessed the murder of Mexican influencer Valeria Márquez He went to the State Prosecutor’s Office Jalisco And he presented a formal statement, in which he points directly to “Erika“, employee of the Tiktoker in the beauty hall located in the city of Zapopan.
According to the witness’s story, who only identified himself as Paolathe alleged hitman who passed by food deliveryman was not the one who murdered the creator of Mexican content. Instead, the woman ensures that the worker of the aesthetics It was the one who shot Valeria three times during that transmission in Tiktok.
Paola’s statements were shared by the Mexican investigation journalist Fabián steps, Who currently has more than a million followers on Instagram and was the one who was in charge of spreading this information to other media in Mexico, such as the most read entertainment magazine in that country, TVNotas.
However, after two weeks of the event that shocked Mexico and the rest of Latin America, Valeria Márquez’s case is still unresolved. Until May 28, the authorities in Zapopan, Jalisco, mentioned that the clues They pointed out that the alleged responsible was a hitman who passed as a dealer when he reached aesthetics.
Paola’s version, the alleged witness
Paola declared before the Jalisco State Prosecutor’s Blossom The Beauty Loungelocated in the city of Zapopan, when he witnessed the moment the shots.
The witness indicated that, when the food deliveryman prepared to get a product out of his backpack, Erika was the one who shot the 23 -year -old Mexican content creator. “The door was open and Erika was sitting to Valeria’s right, I think a meter and a half; There was no one but the three, ”he added.
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“I approached and was watching the schedules in a glass they have at the entrance. In that the delivery fourth shotbut I didn’t see that, ”Paola added.
“The delivery man ran out of the beauty salon, very scaredand I also left because I was scared, ”said the alleged witness. However, the authorities in Zapopan, Jalisco, had indicated that at least two men in one motorcycle They presented themselves at the establishment a few minutes before they kill Valeria.
Through a statement, the State Prosecutor’s Office reported that, currently, all statements and indications, including videos and publications In social networks, they are being analyzed to clarify the case of Valeria Márquez: “The investigation remains under the protocol of Feminicide in Mexico, with a gender perspective. ”
On the other hand, in recent interviews, Erika’s lawyer and legal defender, Jasmine EscamillaHe has sustained the innocence of his client in the murder of the influencer, and has reiterated that Erika had no relation to the crime and that she was in the place performing “Strictly labor tasks” next to his boss, Valeria Márquez.
Murder of the influencer Valeria Márquez: Erika’s lawyer spoke, the woman who finished Tiktok’s live broadcast. pic.twitter.com/bltacmb0VJ
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