Sergio Gómez (singer)
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Birth name | Paulo Sergio Gómez Sánchez |
Born | Ciudad Hidalgo, Michoacán, Mexico | 2 June 1973
Died | 2 December 2007 Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico | (aged 34)
Genres | Duranguense |
Occupation(s) | Singer, Producer |
Years active | 2002–2007 |
Labels | Univision |
Associated acts | K-Paz de la Sierra AK-7 |
Paulo Sergio Gómez Sánchez (2 June 1973 – 2 December 2007), better known as Sergio Gómez, was a Mexican singer who was the founder and lead vocalist of the duranguense band K-Paz de la Sierra.
Biography[]
He was born in the city of Ciudad Hidalgo, Michoacán in 1973. In 2003, while working in the city of Chicago in the United States, he created K-Paz de la Sierra with other native Mexicans also working in Chicago. Gomez lived in Avon, Indiana, just west of Indianapolis.[1]
Death[]
Following a concert in the state of Michoacán, while traveling in a car in the early hours of a Sunday morning, Gómez and several other vocalists were abducted by a group of gunmen. The other passengers were later released, but Gómez's dead body was found on Morelia's outskirts, bearing signs of torture.[2] His body was severely beaten, with bruises all over his chest and abdomen; his face was burned with a cigarette lighter, and had signs of strangling. Early evidence suggests that the murder might have been premeditated as Sergio had been warned not to play in the city of Morelia, a stronghold for drug related gangs.[3]
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On 6 December 2007 Gómez, as well as another murdered Mexican musician, Valentín Elizalde, El Gallito were nominated posthumously for the Grammy Awards.[4]
See also[]
- K-Paz de la Sierra (band that Gómez created)
References[]
- ^ Indiana gets body of Sergio Gomez
- ^ "Abducted Mexican singer strangled". BBC News. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- ^ "Mexico singer murdered after threats in drug stronghold city". 2007-12-04. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
- ^ Murdered Mexican trumpeter 3rd musician killed in a week Two banda artists earn posthumous Grammy nominations
External links[]
- 1973 births
- 2007 deaths
- Singers from Michoacán
- Duranguense musicians
- People murdered by Mexican drug cartels
- People from Avon, Indiana
- Missing person cases in Mexico
- 20th-century Mexican male singers
- International Writing Program alumni
- Mexican murder victims
- 21st-century Mexican male singers