Murder of Mirelle Hernández | |
Location: | Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico |
Date: | December 5, 2021 |
Type: | Carjacking resulting in murder |
Fatalities: | 1 |
Numparts: | 2 |
The murder of Mirelle Hernández, the result of a robbery and carjacking, happened on December 5, 2021, in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. She was a makeup artist for film and television and the niece of Juan Manuel Hernández Niebla who is part of the National Public Security Council in Tijuana.
On the evening of Sunday, December 5, 2021, Hernández had just finished working at a film set and was outside a restaurant when two men took her bag. She attempted to intervene by standing in front of her blue Jeep Cherokee,[1] but the perpetrators started her vehicle and ran her over, dragging her to the nearby Tijuana-Rosarito highway.
Emergency services found her near the highway and transported her to Clinic 20 at the Mexican Social Security Institute.[2] Shortly after arriving, Hernández died due to traumatic injuries to her head.[3] [4]
Mirelle Hernández | |
Birth Name: | Mirelle A. Hernández |
Birth Date: | 4 July 1975 |
Birth Place: | San Diego, California, U.S. |
Death Place: | Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico |
Occupation: | Makeup artist |
Relatives: | Juan Manuel Hernández Niebla (uncle) |
Mirelle A. Hernández (July 4, 1975 December 5, 2021), a resident of Chula Vista, California,[5] was a makeup artist who worked on the television shows Narcos: México, Fear the Walking Dead, Ingobernable and Tijuana. At the time of her death, she was 45 years old. Juan Manuel Hernández Niebla is her uncle who is a member of the National Public Security Council in Tijuana.[6]
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2019 | Miss Bala | Special makeup effects artist |
Tijuana | 11 episodes | |
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2020 | The Rescue | Hair stylist |
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2021 | Coyote | Assistant makeup artist, 6 episodes |
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Touch | Posthumus release, special makeup effects artist | |
Black Warrant | Posthumus release |