Sergio Vega El Shaka killed
Famed Mexican singer Sergio Vega was killed on Saturday June 26 at night in a hail of gunfire from unknown perpetrators near the city of Los Mochis, in the northern Mexican state of Sinaloa. At the time of the shooting, the singer was on his way to perform at a local festival when a truck began to follow his red Cadillac. Gunshots, presumed to be from the truck, injured the singer and led to his loss of control of the vehicle, eventually crashing and killing him.

Curiously, only hours before, the singer also known as "El Shaka" had dismissed rumors that he had been assassinated. The grupero singer had told an entertainment website that "It's happened to me for years now -- someone tells a radio station or a newspaper I've been killed or suffered an accident. And then I have to call my dear mom, who has heart trouble, to reassure her."