What seemed like a family scene ended in tragedy. Former Mexican beauty queen Carolina Flores Gómez, 27, lost her life on April 15, 2026, inside her apartment in Polanco, Mexico City.
According to reports, it was her mother-in-law, Erika Herrera, who shot her in the middle of an argument inside the home. The moment was captured in a video that has gone viral on social media, where the gunshots can be heard along with the husband’s reaction: “What did you do, Mom?”
After the incident, the woman left the scene, while the case began to be investigated as femicide. The violence of the episode and its family context have caused shock, exposing how an everyday situation can end in the worst possible way.
