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

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

Officials say the Colombian rapper, whose actual title was Byron Sanchez Salazar, and his DJ companion Jorge Herrera Lemus had been killed over disputes involving “tusi,” an artificial pink powder marketed as cocaine however usually laced with methamphetamine.

The pair was discovered stabbed to demise on September 17 alongside a freeway exterior Mexico City, a day after being kidnapped from a gymnasium within the upscale Polanco neighborhood.

The State of Mexico Attorney General’s Office introduced the arrests on October 31, stating that the killings had been tied to a turf struggle over who may distribute the profitable get together drug at concert events 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—had been met with violent penalties.

The Attorney General’s assertion stated, “The murder of the Colombian musicians is related to the commercialization of narcotics, a debt one of them had with a criminal organization, and a personal relationship with a man identified as ‘El Pantera.’”

One of the suspects arrested, Christopher N., often known as “El Comandante,” is believed to be linked to “El Pantera,” who stays at giant. The case has additionally drawn scrutiny over alleged misconduct by legislation enforcement.

According to El País, 4 Colombian nationals declare they had been tortured by Mexican prosecutors in an try to coerce confessions. The males say they had been suffocated with plastic luggage and proven pictures of the Mercedes-Benz whereas being compelled 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 legal enterprise that included drug trafficking and a violent loan-sharking operation.

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

Security analysts say “tusi” has grow to be a standing image and was allegedly one among Sean “Diddy” Combs’ favourite medicine.

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