Gabriel Soto Gastélum, known for his running to drug leaders and his extreme experiences, died at the age of 55 on March 16 after fighting for his life since the attack he suffered last January in Tijuana.
The Treasury of Sinaloa, as Soto was known, was shot on January 22 in Tijuana, Baja California, while he was at the El Socio 1 mechanical workshop. It was known that he was a frequent customer, as his Ford truck was flawed. During one of his many visits, he was intercepted.
It was around 15:00 hours when he got into his vehicle, a person arrived and opened fire on him, immediately fleeing through the nearest highway. Of the bullets he received, one hit the singing head, directly on his face. Since then, his family reported that his health was very poor.
The premises were quickly guarded by the Tijuana Municipal Police, as well as by assets of the National Guard. The Ford 79 truck that was always photographed with and which was mentioned in several runs, was one of the most important parts of the scene. As reported at the time by the local newspaper Punto Norte, the State Attorney General's Office had located at the scene at least nine 9-millimeter gun casings.
Soto was treated in a neurological hospital in Guadalajara, Jalisco, where he was quickly transferred due to the seriousness of his health. In the same hospital he died after two months of fighting for his life. Through social networks, friends and family began to say goodbye to El Tesoro de Sinaloa since March 16, but the news transcended until March 21.
With photographs of his youth, his concerts, as well as memories of his exploits in music, his loved ones have given him a final farewell.
Gabriel Soto became popular for singing narcocorridos. It gained popularity in the 1990s with several themes inspired by the capos. However, one of his most famous songs, and which became more relevant after the attack he suffered in January, was one in which he recounted the occasions when he had near-death experiences, 118 bullets. His verses tell how he survived three altercations, receiving a large burst of bullets, but none lethal.
The fame of El Tesoro de Sinaloa was such that Valentín Elizalde also sang the song, being also one of his hits. “I have already been saved three times from a certain death, with pure 'goat horn' they threw me up close. 118 bullets nor does God take them away from me,” says one of his verses.
As he recovered in his run, two of the three attacks were suffered in Tijuana, while another in Ensenada.
Among some of the characters that Gabriel Soto mentioned in his songs is Amado Carrillo Fuentes, better known as El señor de los cielos, who was the mastermind of Tijuana's criminal activity.
Authorities did not reveal whether the ambush suffered by the singer was one linked to his narcocorridos, nor was there any criminal cell that claimed the attack. Although there were allegedly several witnesses to the ambush and they had reported particularities of the attacker, no detainees were reported.
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