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Sergio Vega aka El Shaka shot dead by suspected drug gang

A Mexican singer has been shot dead hours before he was supposed to appear at a concert in Mexico.

Mexican singer Sergio Vega, shot dead

Sergio Vega, a Mexican singer, also known as El Shaka was known for singing narcocorrido songs which is associated with drug gangs and other illegal criminal activities.

Narcocorrido sıngers and musicians who sing and praise the lives and particular events of drug gangs and members have been targeted by rival drug gangs in the past.

The attack on Vega took place on the Sinaloa state of Mexico.

It has been reported that just hours before the popular singer was killed by gunmen, he had spoken to a website denying reports that he had been killed.

Vega who had spoken to La Oreja, a Mexican entertainment website said “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 mum, who has heart trouble, to reassure her”.

The singer was reported to have increased personal security after threats by Mexican gang members.

The 40-year-old was reported to have been followed by a truck while he was driving his red Cadillac on Saturday night before he was shot according to Mexican media.

Mr Vega who was injured from the first shots which was fired at the car and veered off the road crashing into a barrier according to a passenger which was in the car while the incident unfolded.

According to the passenger who spoke to a national newspaper, gunmen then walked up to the red Cadillac that Vega was driving and shot him in the head and chest.

Seven musicians or singers have been targeted by drug gangs in the past three years according to the Mexican police.

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