Family Remembers Influencer Chakin Valadez, 44, After He Is Found Dead Inside His Truck
- - Family Remembers Influencer Chakin Valadez, 44, After He Is Found Dead Inside His Truck
Luke ChinmanJanuary 16, 2026 at 5:32 AM
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The family of Isaac Efraín Valadez gathered for a funeral service on Jan. 14, days after the influencer was found dead inside his truck
Local outlets previously reported that the 44-year-old content creator was found on Jan. 10 inside his truck with several fatal gunshot wounds in Ensenada, Mexico
Valadez — known by 164,000 followers on Facebook under the name “Chakin Valadez,” — shared videos of his travels throughout Mexico on the open road
The family of Isaac Efraín Valadez, a Mexican content creator known as “Chakin Valadez,” is remembering the late star after his death on Jan. 10.
On Jan. 10, the 44-year-old content creator was discovered by police in Ensenada, Mexico, inside his truck with several fatal gunshot wounds just before 7 a.m., reported El Heraldo de México, a local newspaper. The outlet reported that Valadez was pronounced dead at the scene and that police determined at least seven shots had been fired.
Valadez, a package delivery driver, maintained a following of over 164,000 on Facebook and shared videos of his travels throughout Mexico on the open road.
In a ceremony livestreamed to Facebook, Valadez’s family and friends gathered on Jan. 14 for a wake, mass and funeral to remember the late internet personality, which culminated in a procession through the streets to send him off.
Chakin Valadez/Facebook
Chakin Valadez
“No one is eternal in the world,” said the ceremony’s officiant in Spanish. “Not even having a heart that feels so much, that sighs for life. Life, love, they end with the years. Tell me what you call it. Yes, with time, nothing remains.”
"I know he knew that many people loved him," another speaker shared before Valadez's burial. "He was a good son, a good husband, a good father, a good brother, a good nephew, a good uncle, a good grandfather. But he didn't know the magnitude of your love for him."
Valadez seemingly last his social media accounts hours before his death, sharing a series of haunting posts to Facebook in the late evening of Jan. 9.
In one, he posted a video of his drive to the town of Cataviña, commenting on the strong winds. Another included the message that he believed the trip “to be the last one.”
“But we gonna enjoy it like it's the first of the year,” he wrote in Spanish. “Nothing is as real as the speed that persists when looking or feeling through the windows of the soul.”
After the news of his death was made public, fans and friends of the late content creator shared tributes under his final posts.
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Chakin Valadez/Facebook
Chakin Valadez
“I was lucky enough to know and work with Chaquin for a while,” wrote one in the comments. “He was an honest, hardworking man, always with a big smile.”
“I can’t and don’t want to believe it,” penned another. “My deepest condolences and strength to his wife, daughters, grandchildren, and all his family. May God have him in his glory.”
Shared a third: “I am so sorry. May our great friend from Baja California rest in peace. Our friend Chakin Valadez will be greatly missed. My deepest condolences and my heartfelt sympathies to the family.”
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