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Content Creator 'Chakin' Valadez Fatally Shot in Ensenada

State prosecutors are investigating the killing, with no arrests or motive announced.

Overview

  • Police responded around 6:40–7:00 a.m. on January 10 to reports of gunfire at a Seven Eleven parking lot on Calle Emilio Abreu in San Borja.
  • Isaac Efraín “Chakin” Valadez was found inside his white Isuzu delivery truck with gunshot wounds, and paramedics confirmed he had no vital signs.
  • Municipal police secured the area as the Baja California state prosecutor’s office took charge and forensic services processed the scene.
  • Authorities noted multiple bullet impacts on the vehicle, including at least seven strikes to the windshield area, and local reports cited wounds to the head.
  • Valadez was a transport driver and social media creator who documented transpeninsular routes, had about 162,000 Facebook followers, and had recently posted a message followers viewed as ominous.