The alleged narco who ordered the murder of rapper 5050

• Alejandro Barret, also known as 5050, was found murdered.
• He stopped rapping for the narco and embraced Christianity.
• An alleged drug dealer is blamed for his death.

There are still questions about the chilling death of this performer. It is said that an alleged drug trafficker ordered the murder of rapper 5050. As of now, it is unknown exactly who did it, but everything points to a particular criminal group.

Rapper Alejandro Barrett, also known as 5050, was shot in the head by alleged drug traffickers. His body was found in the early hours of October 6, 2019 in the El Refugio ejido in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, after his kidnapping was reported on September 30 of the same year, according to Infobae.

The alleged narco who ordered rapper 5050’s murder

After writing songs for organizations like the Northeast Cartel, which paid him at least $500 per song, the young man became a Christian singer. In an interview with RDTV , Barrett said he was: «A rapper who made dedications to whoever paid him.» He added that he not only wrote for drug traffickers, but also for «people who had money, who worked on the other side.»

Given these statements, social media users speculated that the Northeast Cartel may have ordered Alejandro Barret’s murder, either to settle a score or because they were unhappy with a song 5050 wrote for them. Click here to see the full interview.

5050 wrote for organized crime

The musician said in the interview for RDTV that at some point he asked God to give him a sign that He existed. “Immediately I began to feel a tremor,” he recounted, “I had an earthquake inside my heart, inside my body.” After that experience he began to “dedicate his life to God”.

In the video, the young man said that he would not write for organized crime anymore and that he would make sure he knew the story he was going to tell before deciding whether or not to compose a song. This situation possibly made some drug traffickers angry.

Rapper 5050 had a considerable following

The rapper frequently shared videos on his YouTube channel, 5050 FLOW MALANDRO OFICIAL, and he currently has a large number of subscribers. In these videos, he’s rapping with guns, cars and money.

5050 was murdered in Tamaulipas, a state with one of the highest rates of violence. The year was just beginning and this state already had a high level of violence. According to a report by the Citizen Council of Public Safety and Criminal Justice AC, Reynosa, the capital, was among the top places for kidnappings.

5050 lived in a violent area

In addition, a study called «The violence of the municipalities in Mexico 2018» reported that nine of the 234 cities with the highest crime rate in the country were in that state. Throughout 2019, the crime rate had increased in the country, mainly in Veracruz, Tabasco and Tamaulipas.

Tamaulipas has also been a key point for organized crime, as it has been the site of confrontations between different cartels. Starting in the 1980s, violent incidents have put this state in the eye of the hurricane.