Mexican cartel boss linked to influencer’s livestreamed murder arrested, officials say

The alleged person of a convulsive Mexican transgression compartment has been arrested successful transportation with the assassination of a mayor, portion authorities accidental the lawsuit besides produced caller grounds linking his enactment to the livestreamed sidesplitting of a 23-year-old influencer.

Ramón Ángel Álvarez Ayala, besides known arsenic "El R-1," was taken into custody during a associated subject and instrumentality enforcement operation, officials said.

Mexican authorities identified him arsenic the person of Los Rs, a transgression compartment linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, oregon CJNG.

Officials allege Álvarez Ayala ordered and financed the November 2025 assassination of Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo. His transgression compartment was besides linked to the May 2025 sidesplitting of quality influencer Valeria Márquez, whose erstwhile fellow is Álvarez Ayala’s son, according to authorities.

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Mexican peculiar information forces are seen alongside Ramón Ángel Álvarez Ayala aft helium was arrested. (SSPC - Secretaría de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana)

Mexican Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch announced details of the probe a time aft the arrest.

"'El R-1' is identified arsenic the main person of Los Rs, 1 of the astir convulsive transgression cells linked to the CJNG, with operations successful Apatzingán, Uruapan and Morelia, Michoacán, arsenic good arsenic successful Jalisco," García Harfuch said successful a connection posted connected X.

"This enactment is progressive successful extortion, murders and cause trafficking, straight affecting producers, concern owners and families successful the region," helium added.

As antecedently reported by Fox News Digital, Márquez, a fashionable TikTok creator with much than 100,000 followers, was changeable and killed portion livestreaming from her quality salon successful Zapopan, Jalisco.

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Mexican authorities accidental Álvarez Ayala ordered the May 2025 execution of fashionable quality influencer Valeria Márquez. (@v___marquez/via Instagram)

At the time, the sidesplitting was being investigated arsenic a femicide, a gender-based transgression nether Mexican law.

Video appeared to amusement a antheral entering the salon, asking, "Are you Valeria?" earlier handing Márquez a gift.

The antheral past allegedly changeable her successful the thorax and head. Márquez collapsed connected camera earlier different idiosyncratic ended the livestream, the video appeared to show.

García Harfuch said the sidesplitting was linked to Francisco, who allegedly threatened Márquez respective times aft their narration ended.

"This transgression compartment allegedly participated nether his orders successful coordinating aggregate convulsive acts successful the region. Among them is the tragic feminicide of Valeria Márquez, which occurred successful May 2025 successful Zapopan, Jalisco, a transgression linked to Francisco, the victim's erstwhile spouse and Ramón Ángel's son," García Harfuch said.

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Ramón Ángel Álvarez Ayala, a apical fig successful the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) known arsenic "El R-1," was taken into custody pursuing a associated subject and instrumentality enforcement operation. (SSPC - Secretaría de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana)

"With yesterday's arrest, we learned that R-1's lad had a romanticist narration with Valeria. He had threatened her connected respective occasions and everything indicates, and this volition beryllium proven, that the lad asked his father, R-1, to transportation retired the feminicide," helium said, according to reports.

Álvarez Ayala is present successful custody, portion Francisco remains astatine large. Jalisco authorities person besides arrested different antheral accused of participating successful Márquez's killing.

In summation to Márquez's killing, Álvarez Ayala is accused of financing and orchestrating the assassination of Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo, who was changeable during Day of the Dead celebrations successful November 2025.

Manzo had been an outspoken professional of organized transgression and worked to basal retired corruption wrong the section constabulary force.

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Authorities person arrested 31 radical successful transportation with Manzo's killing, García Harfuch said.

Álvarez Ayala is being held astatine the Altiplano maximum-security situation portion national prosecutors prosecute charges. Investigations into some killings are ongoing.

The Treasury Department said the CJNG was "one of the astir almighty cartels successful the world" and imposed sanctions connected much than 50 individuals and entities successful Mexico linked to the enactment successful July.