
Maria Jose Estupinan has been shot dead. Credit: Maria Jose Estupinan / Facebook
Maria Jose Estupinan has been shot dead. Credit: Maria Jose Estupinan / Facebook
A second female influencer has been shot and killed just days after Valeria Marquez was murdered on a live stream.
A man posing as a delivery driver shot and killed 22-year-old Colombian model and influencer Maria Jose Estupinan at close range.
The scene was partly caught on camera, according to CNN.
Colonel Leonardo Capacho said it may be femicide, noting she had filed past domestic violence complaints.
He added that the case remains under investigation.
Magda Victoria Acosta, head of Colombia’s National Gender Commission, confirmed details at a press conference.
She said Estupinan was a university student in the northeastern city of Cúcuta.
“She was a young, enterprising woman with her whole life ahead—cut short like many women’s dreams,” Acosta said.
A security camera captured the attacker fleeing after the shooting, while screams echoed in the background.
Estupinan had reported a former partner for stalking and abuse.
“He stalked and abused her,” said Alejandra Vera, director of Mujer Denuncia y Muévete.
Just days before, 23-year-old Mexican beauty influencer Valeria Marquez was gunned down while livestreaming at her salon in Zapopan, Jalisco.
Marquez had over 120,000 TikTok followers and 90,000 on Instagram.
She was live with her audience when the attack happened on May 13 at around 6:30 PM, per PEOPLE.
Just before the shooting, she said, “They’re coming,” then a voice off-camera called, “Hey, Vale?”
She replied, “Yes,” and muted the stream.
Seconds later, gunshots rang out.
She was shot twice in the head and once in the chest.
The stream showed her clutching her ribcage before collapsing.
A figure then appeared, grabbed her phone, and ended the stream.
Jalisco state prosecutors said the shooter posed as a delivery driver with an “expensive gift.”
Authorities launched a femicide investigation, a Mexican protocol for gender-based killings.
Hours before her death, Marquez went live and said,
“They came in the morning to get me a gift. Did they want to kill me?”
She said Erika, an employee, told her someone sent a valuable package that required her personal acceptance.
Marquez had earlier claimed an ex-partner threatened her life, saying he should be blamed if anything happened.
Local media named the suspect as ‘Doble R’, a known figure in the Jalisco Nueva Generacion Cartel and Marquez’s alleged ex.
El Heraldo reported he became furious over fans sending her gifts online.
On May 14, prosecutors said the investigation file held no specific allegations despite media naming possible suspects.
Marquez’s murder reflects a broader crisis.
Colombia’s PARES foundation reported 633 femicides in 2022 and 630 in 2023.
Since 2001, at least 50,000 women have been murdered in Mexico, according to the United Nations.
The Guardian reports that 10 women and girls are killed every day in Mexico, often by partners or family members.
Jalisco, where Marquez was murdered, ranks sixth among Mexico’s 32 states in total homicides.
TResearch reports 906 killings in Jalisco since President Claudia Sheinbaum took office in October 2024.