Paulo Sergio Gómez Sánchez (June 2, 1973 - December 2, 2007), better known as Sergio Gómez, was a Mexican

Mexico

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 singer who was the founder and lead vocalist of the duranguense

Duranguense

Duranguense is a genre of Mexican music. It is popular among the Mexican-American community in the United States. Duranguense is closely related to the Mexican styles of banda and norteño. The main instruments, which are held over from banda, are the saxophone, trombone, and bass drum...

 group K-Paz de la Sierra

K-Paz de la Sierra

K-Paz de la Sierra is a Duranguense band that was formed in Chicago, Illinois by Mexican natives. The group was formed on Christmas Eve of 2002 by some departing members of Montez de Durango. The company ProcanRecords gave them the opportunity. K-paz De La Sierra was well known in the U.S. in the...

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Biography

He was born in the city of Ciudad Hidalgo, Michoacán in 1973. In 2003, while working in the city of Chicago

Chicago

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 in the United States

United States

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, he created K-Paz De La Sierra with other native Mexicans also working in Chicago. Gomez lived in Avon

Avon, Indiana

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 6,248 people, 2,127 households, and 1,786 families residing in the town. The population density was 976.2 people per square mile . There were 2,240 housing units at an average density of 351.1 per square mile...

, Indiana

Indiana

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, just west of Indianapolis.

Death

Early evidence suggests that the murder might have been premeditated as Sergio had been warned not to play in the city of Morelia, a stronghold for drug related gangs.

On December 6, 2007 Gómez, as well as another murdered Mexican musician, Valentín Elizalde

Valentín Elizalde

Valentín Elizalde Valencia was a Mexican banda music singer gunned down in an ambush. Known by the nickname "El Gallo de Oro" , his biggest Banda hits included "Vete Ya," "Ebrio de Amor", " Vete Con Él", "Vuelve Cariñito", "Como Me Duele", "Vencedor", " Mi Virgencita", and "Soy Así"...

, were nominated posthumously for the Grammy Awards.