Valentín Elizalde

Elizalde was born in Jitonhueca, a village near the city of Etchojoa, Sonora. He then moved to Guadalajara, Jalisco, and later to Guasave, Sinaloa, where he, his father, also a singer, Everardo "Lalo" Elizalde, nicknamed "El Gallo" (The Rooster), and brothers resided for a few years. His father died in a car accident on the so-called "Curva de la muerte" (Curve of Death) in Villa Juárez, Sonora. Musical incursion On June 24, 1998, Elizalde performed for the first time as a singer in Bacame Nuevo, Sonora, during a local festival. Under the record label Ayana Musical, in 1999 he released Regresan los mafiosos, his first studio album. ==Murder==

On 25 November 2006, Elizalde, aged 27 at the time, was shot twenty times as he entered his SUV shortly after finishing a performance in Reynosa, Tamaulipas. Videos of the murder were also posted on YouTube. ==Legacy==

While none of his albums reached the top 20 when he was alive, his albums were top sellers in 2007, after his death. In 2007, Elizalde was nominated posthumously for the Grammy Awards in the category of Best Banda Album. ==Family==

Elizalde's former girlfriend, Blanca Vianey Durán Brambila, was shot in head and killed in Sonora, Mexico, in June 2016. His daughter, Valeria, has aspirations of becoming a singer. ==Discography==

Source: ;Albums • Amor que Muere (1998) • Regresan los Mafiosos (1999) • Traición Federal (2000) • 17 Éxitos en Honor a mi Padre (2001) • Y se Parece a Ti (2002) • Mi Satisfacción (2003) • Corridos Entre Amigos (2003) • Herencia Mexicana (2004) • Volveré a Amar (2004) • Soy Así (2005) • Vencedor (2006) ;Posthumous albums • La Playa (2007) • Lobo Domesticado (2007) • Más Allá del Mar (2007) • 15 Éxitos (2007) ==References==