Updated on: Aug 20, 2025 03:50 am IST
Mexican musician Ernesto Barajas, founder of Enigma Norteño, was reportedly shot dead in Guadalajara; news and images spread on social media.
Popular Mexican musician Ernesto Barajas, known as the founder of the band Enigma Norteño, was reportedly fatally shot in Mexico’s Guadalajara Tuesday. Reports of the musician’s death first surfaced on social media and it was followed by several Mexican news outlets also carrying the news. Photo of Barajas after the alleged murder also surfaced on social media.
According to a report by the Mexican news outlet Infobae, Barajas was killed in the Arenales Tapatíos neighborhood of Zapopan. He was with a woman when two individuals came on a motorcycle and fatally shot both of them.
According to Jaqueline Martinez, who runs an LA-based Instagram account sharing news and updates on the Spanish-language entertainment community, the singer was murdered to allegedly “settle scores.”
Martinez said on her Instagram account, @chamonic3, that Barajas used to previously live in Culiacan, Mexico. The area is known for rampant gang activities and several celebrities living there had been warned by the gangs, leading to them moving out to Guadalajara. Barajas was also reportedly one of those who moved out of the city.
This story is being updated.
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