B King grew to become the middle of a lethal felony probe after his homicide and that of DJ Regio Clown led Mexican authorities to arrest 16 folks.

These arrested have been tied to a strong drug trafficking ring accused of controlling the town’s designer narcotics commerce.

Officers say the Colombian rapper, whose actual identify was Byron Sanchez Salazar, and his DJ accomplice Jorge Herrera Lemus have been killed over disputes involving “tusi,” an artificial pink powder marketed as cocaine however typically laced with methamphetamine.

The pair was discovered stabbed to dying on September 17 alongside a freeway exterior Mexico Metropolis, a day after being kidnapped from a health club within the upscale Polanco neighborhood.

The State of Mexico Legal professional Common’s Workplace introduced the arrests on October 31, stating that the killings have been tied to a turf warfare over who might distribute the profitable celebration drug at live shows and occasions.

Investigators traced a silver Mercedes-Benz used within the kidnapping to Jaime N., also referred to as “Puga,” a member of the infamous Union de Tepito gang.

Authorities say the gang had granted unique distribution rights to a person recognized solely as “M###,” and any unauthorized gross sales of “tusi” or “coco channel”—a mix of cocaine and meth—have been met with violent penalties.

The Legal professional Common’s assertion stated, “The homicide of the Colombian musicians is said to the commercialization of narcotics, a debt certainly one of them had with a felony group, and a private relationship with a person recognized as ‘El Pantera.’”

One of many suspects arrested, Christopher N., often called “El Comandante,” is believed to be linked to “El Pantera,” who stays at massive. The case has additionally drawn scrutiny over alleged misconduct by regulation enforcement.

Based on El País, 4 Colombian nationals declare they have been tortured by Mexican prosecutors in an try to coerce confessions. The lads say they have been suffocated with plastic luggage and proven pictures of the Mercedes-Benz whereas being pressured to establish it.

Authorities found the Mercedes on September 24 inside a constructing the place additionally they rescued one other kidnapping sufferer. That discovering widened the investigation right into a broader felony enterprise that included drug trafficking and a violent loan-sharking operation.

On the scene the place B King and DJ Regio Clown’s our bodies have been dumped, police discovered a narco-banner with threats and the initials “FM,” believed to reference La Familia Michoacana cartel.

Safety analysts say “tusi” has turn into a standing image and was allegedly certainly one of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ favourite medication.

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