Leslie Anne a Mexican social media star became popular on Tik Tok and YouTube tragically she died because she talked about a dangerous cartel in Mexico Leslie known online as Lucas made videos about everything from politics and makeup to her daily life Reon her popularity grew and she started making videos about corrupt Mexican government officials she used humor to share her message without naming anyone but it still caused a lot of trouble in Mexico speaking freely can be dangerous Leslie's problem started when she began exposing the independent cartel of akapo despite the danger she kept making videos about the cartel on February 5th 2018 two men shot her in her restaurant killing her instantly Leslie wanted to change things but didn't realize how deep the corruption went she lost her life trying to stand up to the cartels and her story is a sad reminder of the risk she took