This morning is sad for Mexicans. Not only did Argentina beat Mexico 3-1 yesterday during the World Cup, but Mexico also just lost a singer. Mexican singer Sergio Vega, aka El Shaka, was killed by gunshots on his way in his red cadillac to a concert in Sinaloa state. The odd circumstances around his death is that at first he was reported dead. Then he issued a statement, saying that he wasn't.'It's happened to me for years now, someone tells a radio station or a newspaper I've been killed, or suffered an accident,' Mr Vega said to Mexican internet media La Oreja, and according to BBC World. Just hours before he was actually killed by gunmen riding by him in a truck.
Sergio Vega first formed the band Los Hermanos Vega (The Vega Brothers), later to change name into Los Reyes del Norte (Kings from the North). As a singer he performed so-called narcocorridos, songs celebrating the lives of drug barons. He was born in Sonora in Mexico, but later emigrated to the United States. So Mexico has more than soccer to worry about this morning. This Mexican Mourning.
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