Mexican cartels are increasingly executing influencers and social media stars as the online celebrities are dragged into gang wars.
Many of the country’s influencers looking to cash in on the various gang’s popularity have taken to promoting and praising individual cartels.
But in doing so, they risk painting a target on their heads – with several now paying the ultimate price.
Many are slaughtered publicly in particularly brutal ways, as if to send a macabre message to their followers and other influencers.
Experts said that influencers in the country, particularly the regions of Sinaloa, Jalisco and Mexico City – where cartel activity is high –
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