Rafael Orozco Maestre | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Rafael José Orozco Maestre |
| Born | March 24, 1954 |
| Origin | Becerril, Cesar Colombia |
| Died | June 11, 1992 (aged 38) |
| Genres | Vallenato, Latin |
| Occupation | singer |
| Instruments | Singing |
| Years active | 1976–1992 |
| Labels | Codiscos |
Rafael José Orozco Maestre (March 24, 1954 – June 11, 1992) was a Colombian singer of vallenato music. He was one of the major representatives of Colombian popular folk music and was lead singer and co-founder, alongside fellow accordionist Israel Romero, of the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de América, which was very popular in Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela.
Orozco was born in Becerril, Cesar. He was assassinated by gunmen in front of his house in Barranquilla, Atlántico, during his daughter's 15th birthday party (quinceañera). It is believed the assassins were hired by a drug lord whose wife or girlfriend was obsessed with Orozco. It has been alleged that Orozco had a sentimental relationship with a young woman named Maria Angelica Navarro Ogliasti, identified as the girlfriend of Medellin Cartel hitman Jose Reinaldo Fiallo, who was himself murdered on November 1992 on orders of Pablo Escobar.[1]
- ^ "Ya son 20 años de la muerte de Rafael Orozco" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2014-08-11.