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It is widely believed that Elizalde was killed for his performances of the corrido, "A Mis Enemigos", which contains lyrics believed to antagonize drug trafficking gang Los Zetas. Raúl Hernández Barrón, alleged murderer of Elizalde and high-ranking member of Los Zetas, was arrested on 22 March 2008 in Coatzintla, Veracruz. [2]
On 25 November 2006, [10] regional Mexican singer Valentín Elizalde was killed after playing at a concert in Reynosa. [11] [12] According to investigators, he was killed for playing a narcocorrido called "A Mis Enemigos" ("To My Enemies"), whose lyrics made indirect antagonistic references to the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas. [13]
It is widely believed that Elizalde was killed for his concert performances of the corrido, "A Mis Enemigos", which contains lyrics believed to antagonize drug trafficking gang Los Zetas. [24] Hernández Barrón was later killed in a shootout with Mexican Federal Police in Reynosa on July 26, 2014 alongside several cartel members.
The most popular musicians killed were Valentín Elizalde and Sergio Gómez, the lead singer of Chicago-based Duranguense band K-Paz de la Sierra. In December 2007, both men were nominated posthumously for Grammy Awards in the banda category. [22] On June 26, 2010, Sergio Vega, known as El Shaka, was gunned down in Sinaloa state.
Vencedor, the last recording by Mexican performer Valentín Elizalde, who was killed at the age of 27 on November 25, 2006, in the city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, [4] spent three non-consecutive weeks at the top of the chart. [5]
In what police are calling a senseless and unprovoked attack, a man was arrested over the weekend in the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old boy while he walked to school in New York City last week.
Valentín Elizalde: February 1, 1979: November 25, 2006: Murder: Mexican banda singer 27 years, 297 days [46] Damien "Damo" Morris: May 22, 1980: December 19, 2007: Bus accident: Member of Australian deathcore band the Red Shore: 27 years, 211 days [79] Orish Grinstead: June 2, 1980: April 20, 2008: Kidney failure Founding member of the R&B ...
A suspect is on the loose in what police called the "brazen" targeted attack of Brian Thompson, the CEO of major insurance group UnitedHealthcare who was fatally shot outside a Midtown Manhattan ...