Sergio Gómez (singer)
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2 June 1973
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| Background information | |
| Born | Paulo Sergio Gómez Sánchez 2 June 1973 |
| Died | 2 December 2007 (aged 34) Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Genres | Duranguense |
| Occupations | Singer, Producer |
| Years active | 2002–2007 |
| Labels | Univision |
| Formerly of | 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.
Death
He was born in the city of Ciudad Hidalgo, Michoacán in 1973. In 2003, while working in 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]
Following a concert in the state of Michoacán, while traveling in a car in the early hours of a Sunday morning, Gómez and two of the group's representatives 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 had signs of severe beating and strangling, with bruises all over his chest and abdomen; his face was burned with a cigarette lighter. Early evidence suggests that the murder might have been due to Sergio dating a woman that belonged to a Narco, a stronghold for drug related gangs.[3]
On 6 December 2007 Gómez, as well as another murdered Mexican musician, Valentín Elizalde, El Gallo De Oro were nominated posthumously for the Grammy Awards.[4]