Sergio Gómez (singer)

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.

Sergio Gómez
Background information
Birth namePaulo Sergio Gómez Sánchez
Born(1973-06-02)2 June 1973
Ciudad Hidalgo, Michoacán, Mexico
Died2 December 2007(2007-12-02) (aged 34)
Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
GenresDuranguense
Occupation(s)Singer, Producer
Years active2002–2007
LabelsUnivision
Formerly ofK-Paz de la Sierra
AK-7

Biography

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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

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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]

 
Gravesite of Gomez in Avon, Indiana

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

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References

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  1. ^ Indiana gets body of Sergio Gomez
  2. ^ "Abducted Mexican singer strangled". BBC News. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Mexico singer murdered after threats in drug stronghold city". 2007-12-04. Archived from the original on 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  4. ^ Murdered Mexican trumpeter 3rd musician killed in a week Two banda artists earn posthumous Grammy nominations
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