MEXICO CITY: The drive-by shooting death of a Mexican influencer may have been in retaliation for social media posts about a criminal group, authorities said Wednesday. Gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead Cesar Gastelum late Tuesday during a livestreamed broadcast in Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state, which has been a battleground for warring drug factions. Gastelum was dressed as a food distributor alongside two friends as part of a social media challenge to his over 500,000 TikTok followers.

Gastelum had nearly 600,000 TikTok followers and was known for comedy online

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