Sergio Gómez (singer)

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Sergio Gómez

| image = Sergio gomez.jpg

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| birth_name = Paulo Sergio Gómez Sánchez

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1973|6|02}}

|birth_place = Ciudad Hidalgo, Michoacán, Mexico

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2007|12|2|1973|6|15}}

|death_place =Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico

| background = solo_singer

| alias =

| genre = Duranguense

| occupation = Singer, Producer

| Net Worth =

| years_active = 2002–2007

| label = Univision

| past_member_of = K-Paz de la Sierra
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Paulo Sergio Gómez Sánchez (2 June 1973 – 2 December 2007), better known as Sergio Gómez, was a Mexican singer who was the founder and lead vocalist of the duranguense band K-Paz de la Sierra.

Biography

He was born in the city of Ciudad Hidalgo, Michoacán in 1973. In 2003, while working in the city of Chicago in the United States, he created K-Paz de la Sierra with other native Mexicans also working in Chicago. Gomez lived in Avon, Indiana, just west of Indianapolis.[http://english.pravda.ru/news/world/06-12-2007/102402-Sergio_Gomez-0 Indiana gets body of Sergio Gomez]

=Death=

Following a concert in the state of Michoacán, while traveling in a car in the early hours of a Sunday morning, Gómez and two of the group's representatives were abducted by a group of gunmen. The other passengers were later released, but Gómez's dead body was found on Morelia's outskirts, bearing signs of torture.{{cite news|title=Abducted Mexican singer strangled|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7126594.stm|accessdate=14 February 2012|publisher=BBC News}} His body was severely beaten, with bruises all over his chest and abdomen; his face was burned with a cigarette lighter, and had signs of strangling. 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/153131.html|title=Mexico singer murdered after threats in drug stronghold city|date=2007-12-04|accessdate=2007-12-05|archive-date=2018-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929155728/http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/153131.html|url-status=dead}}

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On 6 December 2007 Gómez, as well as another murdered Mexican musician, Valentín Elizalde, El Gallito were nominated posthumously for the Grammy Awards.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/murdered-mexican-trumpeter-3rd-musician-killed-in-a-week-1.653860?ref=rss Murdered Mexican trumpeter 3rd musician killed in a week Two banda artists earn posthumous Grammy nominations]