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Mexican social media star Juan Luis Lagunas Rosales aka El Pirata de Culiacan is reportedly dead after a shooting outside a bar in his homeland. According to the Facebook page for Guardia Nocturna, Rosales was shot dead outside of a bar in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico.El Diario reports that Rosales that 15 shots were fired during the attack which occurred outside of a bar named Menta2 Cantaros. Authorities believe that there were four “assassins” involved in the shooting. They were armed with “long guns.”
According to posts on his Instagram page, Rosales was an alcoholic and dreamed of one day becoming a singer. His social media stardom began during the summer of 2015 when a video of him drinking a bottle of vodka and falling over went viral. At the time of his death, Rosales had over 300,000 followers on Instagram and nearly 1 million likes on Facebook.
Rosales Had Recently Made a Video That Insulted the Leader of a Local Drug Cartel
In the weeks leading up to his death, Rosales had made a video in which he made fun of the Jalisco Cartel Nueva Generacion leader, El Mencho aka Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, reports El Diario. Authorities have not said if this video is being directly linked to the shooting. Rosales videos usually involve him drinking heavily or using drugs.
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