Mariano Soto executed, creator of "Tijuana sin Censura"

 Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat     Radio Formula

It happened around 5 in the afternoon. In September he had survived an armed attack. Two days ago he had criminally denounced the Tijuana mayor the September attack, and questioned missing cocaine seizure

Mariano Soto Cortez, influencer of the “Tijuana Sin Censura”, was executed during the afternoon of Sunday, October 4.

Around 5:30 p.m. yesterday, the man was killed by subjects aboard a gray Cadillac model car, who shot Mariano Soto, who was hit by a gunshot in the chest.

The crime occurred near the Prolongación Paseo de los Héroes street, Colonia 20 de Noviembre in Tijuana, Baja California. The assailants fled, while the victim managed to call the 911 emergency service. However, upon the arrival of paramedics, Soto Cortez no longer had vital signs.

Before being attacked yesterday, Mariano Soto assured that if he was the victim of an attack, he held the municipal president of Tijuana, Arturo González, and the local secretary of Public Security, Jorge Ayón, responsible, since he filed a complaint against both of them for an alleged seizure of 600 kilograms of cocaine, which had not been reported.

Before being attacked yesterday, Mariano Soto assured that if he was the victim of an attack, he held the municipal president of Tijuana, Arturo González, and the local secretary of Public Security, Jorge Ayón, responsible, since he filed a complaint against both of them for an alleged seizure of 600 kilograms of cocaine, which had not been reported.

On September 16 last, the influencer suffered another gun attack, he received injuries in an arm and two in the back.

Mariano Soto was sentenced to prison in September 2019 for the crime of extortion and would spend five years behind bars. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, he was left in a state of semi-freedom.

The sentence established that the influencer requested money, for several months, from a businessman, in exchange for not starting a smear campaign against him on social networks. Although the subject was not recognized as a journalist, he was registered in the Protection Mechanism established by the federal government.

The influencer was recognized by his followers when he used the phrase “It hurts whoever hurts” in his videos of citizen complaints published on his Facebook account.