Mexico State's Attorney General is investigating the double murder of Colombian artists B King and Regio Clown, killed over disputes in synthetic drug trafficking. The main suspect, known as 'El Pantera', allegedly paid 200,000 pesos to order the crimes due to a betrayal in a 'Tusi' or 'Coco Chanel' business. Recently, 'El Comandante' was arrested and a Spanish woman was rescued in a related operation.
Bayron Sánchez Salazar, known as B King, and Jorge Luis Herrera Lemos, alias Regio Clown, were murdered on September 16, 2024, after leaving Plaza Miyana in Colonia Granada, Mexico City, heading to Colonia Renovación in Iztapalapa. Their bodies were found on September 17 at kilometer 45.5 on the Mexico-Cuautla road in Cocotitlán, Mexico State, with cutting and stabbing wounds causing external hemorrhage, according to forensic examinations. Identification was carried out with help from the Colombian Consulate via genetic and facial confrontation.
The main hypothesis from the Mexico State Attorney General's Office (FGJEM) points to disputes over the sale of synthetic drugs like 2-CB, known as 'Tusi' or 'Coco Chanel', at private events. The Colombian artists allegedly hid a distribution business from 'El Pantera', a member of Unión Tepito, and Regio Clown revealed his identity without authorization, angering the criminal leader. For this, 'El Pantera' paid 200,000 pesos for the murder, coordinated by Cristopher 'N', alias 'El Comandante', arrested on October 30.
'El Comandante' organized the deception that led the victims to their deaths. The investigation also links the case to 'gota a gota' extortion, illegal deprivation of liberty, and kidnapping. A silver Mercedes Benz without plates, used to transport the victims, was found in a workshop in La Paz, with evidence like B King's DNA in a glass and a message: 'Don Güero, le encargo, el patrón quiere que se pinten los rines, pasa por él, el miércoles'.
So far, 16 people have been arrested, 10 of them foreigners from Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, and Spain, including José Luis 'N' (El Güero), Luis Alberto 'N' (El Muerto), Angélica Iraís 'N', and Jaime 'N' (Puga), linked to qualified homicide. In a related operation on October 30, a Spanish woman kidnapped at 'Los Leones' ranch was rescued, threatened with being fed to captive lions, and seven more people were arrested.
'El Pantera' threatened the accomplices: 'el primero que caiga en la cárcel y diga algo lo mando a matar' and 'no quiero ver en la Ciudad de México ni en el Estado hasta diciembre', according to the FGJEM report, showing his influence even from hiding.