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Mexican Rapper Admits To Dissolving The Bodies Of Three Students In Acid

Mexican Rapper Admits To Dissolving The Bodies Of Three Students In Acid

He claims he was paid by a local cartel to carry out the grisly crime

Claire Reid

Claire Reid

A rapper has reportedly confessed to dissolving the bodies of three students in acid.

Christian Omar Palma Gutierrez, better known as 'QBA', has told prosecutors he carried out the heinous task after being asked to by the Jalisco Nueva Generacion cartel, which he was working for.

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He claims he was paid 3,000 pesos (£116 / $160) a week by the cartel to work for them and says he had been working for them around three months when he was asked to help get rid of three bodies.

He was arrested alongside another suspect, named as Gerardo 'N', who was also accused of disposing of the bodies of film students Salomon Acevea Gastelum, 25, Daniel Diaz, 20 and Marco Avalos, 20 in the city of Guadalajara, in the Mexican state of Jalisco.

Officials have said that the pair are to be charged with aggravated kidnapping, adding that five more suspects are still at large.

The bodies of the victims were found dissolving in acid. The killings sparked mass protests in Mexico, with thousands gathering in Guadalajara - the country's second largest city.

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The Washington Post reports that the students have become emblematic of Mexicos 35,000 missing people. Oscar Juarez, a student leader at a university in the city told the newspaper: "We demand justice, not only for our three colleagues but for the thousands missing."

Gutierrez has almost 125,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel and a combined 140,000 followers on Facebook, across two pages.

His rap videos often show poor neighbourhoods where young gang members are seen showing off weapons, while he raps about violence, drugs and weapons - chief investigator Lizette Torres has said the videos formed part of the police's investigation into the murders.

Torres told reporters: "The payment was attractive to him (Gutierrez) and that is why he joined this cartel," and also told AFP: "He has participated in three other previous murders."

According to local media, the three students were working on a school project when a member of the cartel mistook one of them for the leader of a rival gang.

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One of the students is reported to have been beaten so badly he died, while the other two were strangled before all three of the bodies were taken to a different location where they were dissolved in acid.

Aristoteles Sandoval, governor of Jalisco, said prosecutors are seeking the highest sentence available to the two suspects - 140 years in prison.

Sources: AFP; Washington Post

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Topics: World News, News, crime, Mexico