Narco-corrido singer found shot dead in South Texas...Chuy Quintanilla
Molly Molloy
Singer found shot dead in South Texas
MISSION, Texas (AP) - Authorities say a South Texas singer well known for his ballads, including some about the exploits of Mexican drug cartels, has been found dead.
Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino says irrigation workers found the body of Jesus "Chuy" Quintanilla early Thursday in a rural road north of Mission surrounded by citrus groves.
Trevino said Quintanilla appeared to have been shot at least twice in the head. His vehicle was left beside him. Quintanilla's family filed a missing person report Thursday morning after investigators were already on the scene. Quintanilla's family last had contact with him the previous night.
A man who would only give his name as Ramiro said he was friends with Quintanilla and said the singer was noted for his nortena music and ballads, known as corridos.
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Quintanilla,
a resident of Palmview, was a popular regional musician often singing
songs in praise of the Gulf Cartel leaders, such as “Apro | 2013-04-25 | 12:47
McAllen─ Chuy Quintanilla, intérprete de narcocorridos, fue ejecutado de dos balazos en la cabeza y su cuerpo encontrado hoy en un camino rural de la ciudad texana de Mission, fronteriza con Reynosa.
El cantante de música norteña era hermano de Beto Quintanilla, que cantaba melodías del mismo corte y quien falleció por una afección cardiaca en el 2007.
De acuerdo a reportes de diarios fronterizos que citan al sheriff del condado de Hidalgo, Lupe Treviño, el cuerpo del intérprete de "Cambio de Cártel" fue encontrado este jueves a las 06:15 horas en una huerta ubicada en Bryan Road y la FM 1925.
El cadáver del artista cuyo nombre era Jesús Quintanilla Iracheta estaba a un lado de una camioneta Tahoe, aparentemente de su propiedad, y fue encontrado por unos jornaleros que pasaron por ahí y reportaron el hallazgo a las autoridades de la ciudad de Mission, vecina al norte de Reynosa, Tamaulipas.
El sheriff Treviño confirmó que el cuerpo era el del cantante conocido como La Mera Ley del Corrido, quien tenía dos impactos de bala, reportó la página de noticias valleycentral.com.
Se cree que fue ejecutado en ese mismo lugar, por lo que las autoridades analizan las huellas de llantas de vehículo que hay en el área.
De acuerdo a los reportes de prensa, familiares señalaron que Quintanilla vivía en la ciudad de Palmview, en el condado de Hidalgo, y que dejaron de tener contacto con él el miércoles por la noche, cuando ya no respondió a las llamadas que hacían a su teléfono celular.
Entre otros discos, grabó Puro Corrido Chingón, El Alacrán, El Señor de los Gallos y El Campéon, Bato Pesado y Destino de Traficantes.
Molly Molloy
Mexican Cartel Strategic Note No. 14: Narcocantante (Narco-singer) Assassinated in Mission, Texas
by John P. Sullivan and Robert Bunker
SWJ Blog Post | May 1, 2013 - 1:11pm
Jesus “Chuy” Quintanilla was discovered dead in Mission, Texas, across the border from Reynosa, Tamaulipas. He was a noted singer of narcocorridos.[1] Narcomusica (narco-music) plays a key role in shaping the social space of Mexico’s drug war. Narcocorridos are epic folk ballads that extol the merits of the narcos: capos and sicarios alike. Chuy Quintanilla was best known for his narcocorridos:
…depicting the infamous characters and clashes of Mexico’s drug war, and with lyrics that could drop listeners into the thick of a gunbattle, it’d be easy to mistake the singer for a combatant himself. (Source: [2] The Monitor, 28 April 2013)
Situation
Norteño singer Jesus “Chuy” Quintanilla was discovered dead in a pool of his own blood on Thursday, 25 April 2013. Hidalgo County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the scene. According to Sheriff Lupe Treviño, Quintanilla had been shot at least twice in the head— the preliminary autopsy report released later stated one shot to the head and one to the neck. While it is too early to determine the motive for the slaying, Quintanilla’s prominent role in narcomúsica and long history of singing narcocorridos make him a prominent figure in Mexico’s narcocultura that shapes the social contours of the drug war.
Jesus “Chuy” Quintanilla appeared to have been shot at least twice in the head and was found near his vehicle, Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino said. Irrigation workers found his body on a roadway north of Mission in an isolated area surrounded by citrus groves, Trevino said. (Source: [3]. El Paso Times, 26 April 2013)
Quintanilla who recorded over 40 albums of corridos was known as La Mera Ley del Corrido — The True Law of the Corrido. His nickname is derived from his serving as a Mexican judicial police officer for 20 years prior to his music career.
Quintanilla’s songs covered topics ranging from horse races to cockfights, but the drug war was prominent on his play list. Further, the dress of this individual and his propensity to be posed in his album covers with assault weapons, expensive cars, and beautiful women added to his mystique as a narcocantante. His repertoire included several songs about drug traffickers on the U.S. side of the border. These includecorridos entitled “Tomy Gonzalez,” “El Chusquis” and “El Corrido de Marco,” that commented on alleged drugs dealers in Weslaco and Rio Grande City who coordinated drug trafficking organizations in Texas and the U.S.:
One of Chuy Quintanilla’s most famous songs involves the fierce battle through the streets of Reynosa as Mexican authorities hunted down the Gulf Cartel leader known as Jaime “El Hummer” Gonzalez Duran.
Another top hit, called “Estamos en Guerra,” talks about how the Zetas turned on the Gulf Cartel, which in turn would move to eradicate its former enforcers. (Source: [2] The Monitor, 28 April 2013)
Chuy Quintanilla Album Cover
[For additional examples see https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chuy-Quintanilla-La-Mera-Ley-Del-Corrido/317375941611273]