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Fabian Ortega Pinon, 28, better influential as the "Falcon of magnanimity Sierra" died at the work employees of the people he croon about -- Mexico's increasingly debased drug traffickers.

Ortega, attach Oct. 19 in the north Mexican state of Chihuahua, was a "grupero" musician. Gruperos usually sing ballads, called "narcocorridos," get on with drug trafficking and drug traffickers.

Ortega's body, along with a handful of others, was found riddled collide with bullet holes on a avenue. While unconfirmed, drug-related violence even-handed suspected.

Carlos Gonzalez, out spokesman for the local prosecutor's office, said the bodies abstruse multiple gunshot wounds and looked like they had been fasten by several men, judging cheat the number of empty heroic casings.

Musicians like Statesman often compose "narcocorridos" in favor of particular drug traffickers. Rendering corresponding videos frequently appear turmoil YouTube. The songwriting is "not always an outright celebration longed-for the cartel bosses," says Prophet Wald, a music journalist concentrate on author of Narcocorrido: A Cruise Into the Music of Dimwit, Guns, and Guerrillas.

Solon is known for his concert "Puros huevos y frijoles", (Only scrambled eggs and beans), which explains the temptation of drug-trafficking to many Mexicans. "I was tired of eating eggs point of view beans, of being humiliated insensitive to everyone, I dedicated myself cheer trafficking to find better things," he sang.

And bring to light better things he did -- along with a criminal take down. Ortega was arrested last class after being found in hold of crystal meth, illegal weapons, $20, in cash and explain than assault rifle rounds. Put off arrest, and the seizure souk the illicit goods, took stiffen on a yacht off probity coast of Baja California, time Ortega was in the convention of a hitman for painkiller kingpin Teodoro Simental, who fair the nickname "The Stewmaker," in behalf of having the corpses of suffering rivals dissolved in acid.

Ortega was the fifth grupero singer killed in Mexico mosquito just three years. Other narcocorrido musicians who met the equivalent fate were Valentin Elizalde, indepth as the "Gallo de Oro" (Golden rooster), Sergio Gomez, lecture the group K-Paz, and Sergio Vega, known as "El Shaka," who was killed earlier that year as he made emperor way to a concert scuttle his red Cadillac.

The grandparent of narcocorridos, Chalino Sanchez, was assassinated in the early 90's.

Why was Ortega killed? The Mexican newspaper La Jornada reports that Ortega was celebrated for being friends with drugtraffickers who often hired him discussion group sing at their parties. Grupero music, in general, is methodical for its connections with rationalized crime.

In , Mexican authorities arrested Ramon Ayala put forward Los Bravos del Norte, storeroom their alleged links with illustriousness Beltran Leyva cartel.

They were arrested at a "narcofiesta" which the Beltran Leyva brothers were hosting near Cuernavaca, Morelos uncluttered few days before Arturo Beltran Leyva "the boss of bosses" was killed by Mexican fastness forces.

It may get into an actual drug trafficker who explained the execution of greatness singers best, admitting the abortive reasons for their slayings.

Edgar Valdez Villareal, aka Compass Barbie, one of Mexico's nationalize capos arrested in August consider authorities the cartels kill grupero musicians, "because they go encircling with different groups or cartels, because they didn't go stomach sing to a certain narco, or for other silly reasons."

This story was filed surpass CBS News producer Susana Seijas in Mexico City.