After the US State Department published the “Wanted” notices of Chapo Guzmán’s children and a new executive order from Washington, offering US $ 5 million for the arrest of each of the four children of the The jailed leader of the Sinaloa cartel, as part of its strategy against international drug trafficking actors, some details were released, according to a publication of El Universal de México.
For example, the United States mentions that Ovidio Guzmán López “has ordered the murders of informants, a drug trafficker and a popular Mexican singer who had refused to sing at his wedding.”
The US authorities did not disclose whether the singer they refer to died, or his identity or the date of the wedding of Ovidio Guzmán. However, it is known that various celebrities have been murdered in Mexico presumably by drug traffickers, adds El Universal.
Several portals this week have made a “count” of the murdered celebrities and who could be the victims of the drug traffickers indicated by the United States.
A list published by laopinion.com indicates that in recent years these singers have been shot to death.
Nestor Valdez
On July 19, 2021, Néstor Valdez, lead singer of the band La Acelerada, died in a Mexicali hospital hours after being attacked by gunshots when he was at a party in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora state.
Alex quintero
On April 25, 2021, Alex Quintero, a narcocorrido singer, was shot to death when he was at a private party, in the municipality of Cajeme, in the state of Sonora in Mexico, to date his crime has not been clarified.
Julio Verdugo
The crime occurred on May 9, 2021 when singer Julio Verdugo, 23, was attacked by a subject while driving a truck in Culiacán. Authorities arrived at the site and found the singer dead in the pilot’s seat. It was detailed that investigating agents found several short weapon casings at the scene of the crime.
Roberto Dominguez Trejo
On August 14, 2019, the singer and vocalist of the narcocorrido band Los Hijos del Cartel, identified as Roberto Domínguez Trejo, was murdered in front of his family at a gas station in Tijuana, Baja California.
Samuel Barraza Rivas
On the night of July 16, 2019, in the parking lot of the Galerías Hipódromo square in Tijuana, the singer of grupera and corridos musician Samuel Barraza Rivas was shot to death.
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On July 6, 2019, the narcocorrido interpreter, Luis Carlos Mendoza García and his brother Ronny Mendoza García, who were part of the musical group Los Ronaldos, were riddled with more than a hundred bullets in Ciudad Obregón, in the state of Sonora.
The date of Ovidio Guzman’s wedding was not disclosed by the authorities, so it may never be known exactly who the Mexican singer was, who was allegedly murdered on the orders of Chapo’s son.
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Singers who were murdered in recent years in Mexico and who could have been victims of the son of Chapo Guzmán