Ernesto Parajas, the musician who celebrated the exploits of the drug cartel in the songs, and fired dead in the parking lot in Mexico

The police said late on Tuesday that the famous Mexican musician who sang the praise of the drug rose was shot in a parking lot in the west of the country.

Ernesto Parajas, the singer of the Enigma Norteno collection, has four million listeners per month on Spotify, in the city of Zaboban, Galissco.

It is among the many artists of the so-called “Narco-Corridos”-a controversial sub-type of regional music that celebrates the exploits of notorious drug gangs-killing in recent months. In May, he was five members of the Fugitivo group killing By the suspected drug stores in Tamoulibas state. they The bodies were found After several days of reporting their families about receiving the ransom demands.

Police said that two men approached Parajas on a motorcycle in a car park on Tuesday and opened fire on him. Another man died in the attack and a woman was injured in the leg.

Enigma Norteno’s ammunition includes a dedicated song Nemesio Rubén “El Mencho” Osegura CervantesCJNG leader, one of the largest drug smuggling organizations in Mexico. The United States government offered a $ 15 million bonus For information that leads to his arrest.

The group also contains a path called “Los Chapitos”, after the children of KingPin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who is currently serving life imprisonment in the United States. Chapitos used rocks, electricity and hot pepper Torture of their competitors While some of their victims “were fed dead or alive for tigers,” according to an indictment issued by the US Department of Justice.

Mexican criminal groups push the musicians to compose and perform the songs that glorify their exploits.

Sometimes singers are busy with grass wars.

Mexican media said that Parajas has received threats from CJng in the past.

Several regions in the country were banned Modern riot works During a concert after a singer refused to perform some of his most popular songs.

In recent months, the Trump administration has canceled the visas of a large number of artists related to this type. In May, the famous Grupo Grupo group in the northern Mexican, which took steps to move away from the topics that focus on the cartals, announced that they will have to do so Canceling an upcoming offer In California because its visas were suspended.

In April, the administration said it was canceling the band visas Paranko’s joy After they shown the face of “El Mencho” behind them at a concert, which pushed controversy and even criminal investigations in Mexico. In June, the band released the Narco Control Song in an attempt To wipe her name.

Earlier this month, Trump Administration Mexican music Ricardo HernandezKnown as “El Makabelico”, on allegations that the artist was washing money for the drug cartel.