Overview
- Authorities identified the victim as Francisco “Pancho” Pérez, a sonidero dancer found on Oct. 20 in a canal in San Sebastián de Aparicio with visible head trauma and advanced decomposition.
- State fiscal Idamis Pastor confirmed the victim sustained a gunshot to the head, and the Puebla attorney general’s office ordered a necropsy and additional forensic analyses.
- The case is being handled as a homicide investigation, and officials have not named suspects or established a motive as multiple lines of inquiry continue.
- Early, unofficial suggestions of a possible hit-and-run have been overtaken by the confirmed firearm injury, according to official statements.
- Confusion over which performer had died spurred public denials from other artists using the ‘Medio Metro’ name, as leaks on social media drew criticism, and renewed attention focused on the brand’s 2023 registration by José Eduardo Rodríguez through 2028.