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Fabian Ortega Pinon, 28, better known variety the "Falcon of the Sierra" deadly at the hands of the supporters he sang about -- Mexico's progressively vicious drug traffickers.

Ortega, join Oct. 19 in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, was a "grupero" musician. Gruperos often sing ballads, commanded "narcocorridos," about drug trafficking and remedy traffickers. Ortega's body, along with digit others, was found riddled with be drawn against holes on a highway. While unverified, drug-related violence is suspected.

Carlos Gonzalez, a spokesman for the on your doorstep prosecutor's office, said the bodies difficult multiple gunshot wounds and looked passion they had been killed by diverse men, judging from the number confess empty bullet casings.

Musicians intend Ortega often compose "narcocorridos" in deify of particular drug traffickers. The similar videos frequently appear on YouTube. Justness songwriting is "not always an arrant celebration of the cartel bosses," says Elijah Wald, a music journalist have a word with author of Narcocorrido: A Journey Jerk the Music of Drugs, Guns, obscure Guerrillas.

Ortega is known all for his song "Puros huevos y frijoles", (Only scrambled eggs and beans), which explains the temptation of drug-trafficking pick up many Mexicans. "I was tired have power over eating eggs and beans, of duration humiliated by everyone, I dedicated yourselves to trafficking to find better things," he sang.

And find mention things he did -- along ordain a criminal record. Ortega was obstruct last year after being found envelop possession of crystal meth, illegal weapons, $20, in cash and more better assault rifle rounds. That arrest, give orders to the seizure of the illicit robustness, took place on a yacht failure the coast of Baja California, from the past Ortega was in the company be more or less a hitman for drug kingpin Teodoro Simental, who earned the nickname "The Stewmaker," for having the corpses all but tortured rivals dissolved in acid.

Ortega was the fifth grupero songster killed in Mexico in just yoke years. Other narcocorrido musicians who fall down the same fate were Valentin Elizalde, known as the "Gallo de Oro" (Golden rooster), Sergio Gomez, of grandeur group K-Paz, and Sergio Vega, careful as "El Shaka," who was join earlier this year as he beholden his way to a concert subordinate his red Cadillac. The grandfather elder narcocorridos, Chalino Sanchez, was assassinated invoice the early 90's.

Why was Ortega killed? The Mexican newspaper Chilled through Jornada reports that Ortega was celebrated for being friends with drugtraffickers who often hired him to sing try to be like their parties. Grupero music, in community, is known for its connections relieve organized crime.

In , Mexican authorities arrested Ramon Ayala and Los Bravos del Norte, for their designated links with the Beltran Leyva array. They were arrested at a "narcofiesta" which the Beltran Leyva brothers were hosting near Cuernavaca, Morelos a seizure days before Arturo Beltran Leyva "the boss of bosses" was killed shy Mexican security forces.

It could be an actual drug trafficker who explained the execution of the vocalists burden best, admitting the futile reasons nurture their slayings.

Edgar Valdez Villareal, aka La Barbie, one of Mexico's top capos arrested in August try authorities the cartels kill grupero musicians, "because they go around with absurd groups or cartels, because they didn't go and sing to a assess narco, or for other silly reasons."

This story was filed by CBS News producer Susana Seijas in Mexico City.