Overview
- Armed assailants entered a home in Playa del Carmen’s In House neighborhood around 5 a.m. on January 25, opened fire on a man nicknamed “Chuponcito,” and set the residence ablaze.
- Forensic teams and agents from Quintana Roo’s state prosecutor’s office secured the scene, collected evidence, and opened a homicide investigation.
- The victim suffered gunshot wounds and extensive burns and later died from the injuries sustained in the attack.
- The stage character known as Chuponcito remains active on his official social media accounts, which helped dispel viral posts wrongly claiming his death.
- A local post alleging the attackers torched a Chevy with Molotov cocktails has not been corroborated by authorities.