2 popular Mexican singers killed

[villager]

Source: AP/Yahoo

2 popular Mexican singers killed

By MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press Writer

MEXICO CITY - The tortured body of the lead singer of a popular Mexican band was found along a highway Monday and another singer was shot to death, police said, the latest Mexican musicians killed in a wave of violence over the past year. Sergio Gomez, a singer with K-Paz de la Sierra, went missing Sunday after a concert in the Michoacan state capital of Morelia, according to the state attorney general's office.

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A lesser-known singer Zayda Pena, 28, was shot in the heart Saturday in the city of Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville, Texas, while recovering from a gunshot wound received on Friday, police detective Abel Infante said Monday. Two people with Pena were killed in the Friday shooting. No suspects were identified in her killing.

Pena headed a band known as Zayda y los Culpables — "Zayda and the Guilty Ones." One of her songs was "Tiro de Gracia," a reference to an execution-style gunshot.

At least eight musicians have been killed in Mexico this year, including performers of the popular northern "Narcocorrido" music whose lyrics often focus on drug trafficking and violence. Michoacan has made headlines this year for drug-related violence, as traffickers fight over routes to transport drugs north. K-Paz's songs, however, did not deal extensively with drug trafficking. Pena's songs were mostly romantic ballads.

On Nov. 25, 2006, Valentin Elizalde was shot to death along with his manager and driver shortly after performing across the border from McAllen, Texas. Last December, Javier Morales Gomez of the band Los Implacables del Norte was shot to death in a park in Michoacan. Police have not spoken of a motive in that case.

In February, gunmen shot to death four members of the musical group Banda Fugaz after they performed in Michoacan.

Gomez will be buried in Mexico City on Tuesday, Olvera said.

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Associated Press Writers Jessica Bernstein-Wax in Mexico City and Edmundo Velazquez in Puebla contributed to this report.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071204/ap_en_mu/mexico_musician_killed

[Cha]

1. Whoa..time to get

a posse and a few bodyguards. Those pobrecitos..poor things.

[aquart]

2. I will never understand killing musicians.

That goes for our rappers and I hate rap.

[motocicleta]

9. Kindly, would you please talk less and listen more?

Just because you have a keyboard in front of you does not mean you must post off-topic replies to every thread.

Thank you,
moto

[Xenotime]

12. What the hell did he say that was off topic?

[motocicleta]

13. "our" rap. nt

[Hulk]

3. There are some sad situations in Mexico...unfortunately.

I live in Mexico, and I love traveling to Michoacan State. There is some beautiful country there, and Patzcuaro is one of my favorite spots in the world. But there is also a drug trade in Mexico, and very strong and alive in Michoacan State. The police are fighting the drug lords, and heads roll literally to intimidate and scare the locals to keep quiet.

I can only suspect that their deaths are somehow related to this criminal cancer that has the country held down to the days of cheap life and the high life. It's a sad reality. The new president has vowed to take on the drug cartels, but there are going to be a lot of innocent deaths in it's wake...much like Pablo Escabar in Colombia had done.

[douglas9]

4. Police: Lesbian love affair motive in singer's shooting death

http://www.themonitor.com/common/printer/view.php?db=monitortx&id=7037

[Ian David]

5. This means that when Bill O'Reilly covers this story, he'll have to show B-roll footage of lesbians.

[superconnected]

6. 2 popular Mexican singers slain as toll among musicians rises

Source: Associated Press

MEXICO CITY (AP) - The tortured body of the lead singer of a popular Mexican band was found along a highway Monday and another singer was shot to death, police said, the latest Mexican musicians killed in a wave of violence over the past year.

Sergio Gomez, a singer with K-Paz de la Sierra, went missing Sunday after a concert in the Michoacan state capital of Morelia, according to the state attorney general's office.

Gomez allegedly got into a car with three other people after the concert and headed for Puerto Vallarta, said Magdalena Guzman, a spokeswoman for the attorney general's office. His body was found Monday, showing signs of choking and severe bruising on the thorax and abdomen - as well as burns on the legs.

Guzman said it wasn't clear how Gomez died despite the signs of choking. "The blows were so severe that they too could have been fatal," she said.



Read more: http://www.komotv.com/news/entertainment/12114251.html

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Looks like either the drug lords are killing musicians who sing about drugs, or the conservatives are in an apparent socital cleanup mission.

Either way, too many singers/muscians are cited in this article as being killed in the last year.

I had no idea that was going on down there. It's a "cleansing".

[MuseRider]

7. They are killing mudicians???

Holy crap.

Sorry, I will read this later but am leaving for a rehearsal. :crazy:

[superconnected]

8. Okay, on more thought, I'm going to guess it is the Conservative right

doing it, and that it's the mentality that we should be worried about conservatives adopting here.

"At least eight musicians have been killed in Mexico this year, including performers of the popular northern "Narcocorrido" music whose lyrics often focus on drug trafficking and violence."

[NashVegas]

11. I Wonder If Money Laundering Is Involved?

Night clubs, small concert venues, have a lot of cash floating about.

[motocicleta]

10. It is on in Mexico, and no dissent will be tolerated.

The collapse of Mexico proceeds apace, and the new private military rulers, coming soon to a faded superpower near you, will not listen to democratic commentary from musicians. It is heartbreaking to see idealistic patriots being gunned down solely for their voices in a country so connected to our own, but I believe it is a tune we will be singing at home soon enough.

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/2752

[douglas9]

14. Spree of drug gang killings of Mexican singers spreads fear(Update)

Associated Press
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/5352915.html