Singer Murdered After Denying He Was Dead

Reuters ^ | Belinda Goldsmith

[nickcarraway]

Mexican singer Sergio Vega was murdered while on a national tour at the weekend, just hours after denying reports of his death, local media reported.

The 40-year-old singer, known as El Shaka, was driving his red Cadillac to a concert in the northern Mexican state of Sinaloa on Saturday when his car was intercepted by unidentified shooters in a truck, reports said.

His murder came just hours after he told entertainment website La Oreja that online reports of his death were wrong.

"It's happened to me for years now, someone tells a radio station or a newspaper I've been killed, or suffered an accident," said Vega.

"And then I have to call my dear mum, who has heart trouble, to reassure her."

[nickcarraway]

If only he admitted he was dead, he'd still be alive!

[Michael Barnes]

Singer Murdered After Denying He Was Dead

That'll teach him...

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Most likely someone in the drug cartel thought he hit a wrong note.....

[theDentist]

Never tempt fate.

That really, really irritates him.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Any bets the shooters got his location from his post on La Oreja?

[Non-Sequitur]

Singer Murdered After Denying He Was Dead

"Reports of my death were greatly exaggerated premature."

[a fool in paradise]

El Shaka’s big hit, “Gonna Shake The Chakra Tonight”

[ReignOfError]

Sounds like the gunmen didn’t follow the plan: 1) Shoot the target. 2) Claim responsibility. DO NOT ALTER THE ORDER.

[ReignOfError]

Sounds like the gunmen didn’t follow the plan: 1) Shoot the target. 2) Claim responsibility. DO NOT ALTER THE ORDER.

[EveningStar]

ping

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

This sequence of events warrant a mournful Musica Ranchera song.

[Col Freeper]

"It's happened to me for years now, someone tells a radio station or a newspaper I've been killed, or suffered an accident," said Vega.

Hmmm, how do we know then, that this time it really happened?

[La Lydia]

His concerts are widely advertised all over Sinaloa, Sonora, etc. where they love that kind of music. They didn’t need to get his location from La Oreja, which, in any case is a gossip site and has, ahem, been know to make errors. What he did was very, very stupid: drive around Sinaloa without an armed escort. In a red Cadillac, no less.

[Revolting cat!]

El Shaka no shaka no mo!

P.S. Does this mean that the 'El Shaka' nick is available now?

[martin_fierro]

Not sayin' nuffin'.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Passed away afer a short battle with lead poisoning.

[Lil Flower]

Sounds like word of the “hit” got out before it had taken place.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

"His concerts are were widely advertised all over Sinaloa, Sonora, etc."

Fixed it!

[Levante]

“What he did was very, very stupid: drive around Sinaloa without an armed escort. In a red Cadillac, no less.”

Mirame! Estoy vivo, cabrones!

BLAM!

BLAM!

BLAM!

[dead]

Ping to me before anybody else pings me.

[OB1kNOb]

The 40-year-old singer, known as El Shaka....

Not to be confused with EL CHAKRA.........

[RichInOC]

I was thinking more along the lines of...what if Monty Python did Mexican telenovelas?

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

did Al gore write the song for him?

[Slings and Arrows]

Not sayin' nuffin'.

Because you're dead?

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

He looks as if his “Chakra” had just been pleased!

[mikrofon]

“What happens to Vega, stays with Vega...”

[Zionist Conspirator]

Remember back in '75 when Lefty Frizzell released his first record in a decade or so and then died?

I once had a dream--honest, I did--that Buddy Holly wasn't actually dead but living on an island somewhere. As soon as his survival was revealed and it looked like we were going to get some more great music he died.

(You see, it had to be a dream because Buddy Holly didn't disappear at sea or anything . . . )

[La Lydia]

There is a singer named Jenni Rivera who is from LA, but who is very popular in the same areas of Mexico. She received a death threat via Twitter from “Zeettas” a couple of days ago. Her answer was something like, “You are idiots. Real assassins don’t advertise what they are going to do, they just do it.” Sounds kind of like, “Mirame, cabrones, estoy vivo!” I hope she isn’t tempting fate. But she did cancel her wedding in Mazatlan, one can only assume for reasons of security and a desire not to endanger her guests.

[Levante]

Thanks for the info, La Lydia!

[mainsail that]

“I’m not dead suckers, hahahahaha”

You’re dead mofo. Booom!