Jesus Sarmiento, who has 87,000 followers on TikTok, was murd£red by armed men who broke into his home.
A woman wailing and the sounds of gunfire could be heard as the gang shot Sarmiento.
“They shot me, they shot me,” the 25-year-old muttered in the video broadcasted on Sunday, June 22, with blood visible on the floor.
Two men with guns then appear around the corner and seem to shoot him twice as the footage captures a scuffle before the live-stream ends abruptly.
Spanish newspaper El Pais has reported that family members said he was shot at least nine times.
The woman, Mr Sarmiento’s mother, was heard banging on a door and screaming for help throughout. It is said she was also shot in the abdomen but survived.
The computer programmer was also heard desperately calling for help from the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service and repeatedly sharing his address.
The shocking attack came hours after he had populated his social media with dozens of accusations against officials for being involved with gangs.
This included high-ranking government officials like Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello and Aragua Governor Johana Sánchez.
He also posted that corrupt police officers were extorting him, as well as members of the Tren del Llano and Tren de Aragua gangs, including its feared leader, Hector Rutherford Guerrero Flores, dubbed the “Niño Guerrero” or “warrior boy”.
Mr Flores, who is one of the country’s most wanted criminals, has been on the run since 2023 after a huge military operation disrupted his operations coming out of Tocoron prison.
The government has maintained that the Tren de Aragua – which the United States considers a terrorist organisation – has already been dismantled and denies its existence.
Minister Cabello – who Mr Sarmiento accused – insisted earlier this year that the gang was now “nothing more than an urban legend,” with its leaders based in Columbia.
Threats were also allegedly coming from La Morita prison, a Bolivarian Police detention centre, where he had recently spent 15 days himself, according to Sacriemento’s social media account.
Mr Sarmiento appeared to be on his way to court in Maracay to follow up on these threats when he filmed his a$$assination posts. Each video was tagged with the usernames of law enforcement agencies.
Watch below.
