Justice
One year after the murder of Farruko Pop, a young man originally from Livingston who aspired to highlight in music, the case continues to generate judicial and social repercussions.
Jorge Sebastián Pop Chocoj, known as Farruko Pop, was a young man from Livingston, Izabal, who dreamed of becoming a recognized singer. (Free press photo: direct impact)
Jorge Sebastián Pop Chocoj, known as Farruko Pop, was a young man from Livingston, Izabal, who dreamed of becoming a recognized singer. His career was truncated on May 20, 2024, when he traveled to the city after being summoned by a woman in the El Limón neighborhood, zone 18 capital. Days later, his body was located halfway in a house in that same colony. According to necropsy, he died of strangulation.
One year after the finding, two teenagers, aged 13 and 17, were prosecuted for their alleged involvement in crime. In his native village, relatives and neighbors fired him with pain and musical tributes. At the same time, three people linked to the case were killed during the investigations: the Mototaxi driver, a woman who invited him to a party and another young woman who appeared in photos with him.
On August 26, the trial will begin against Carlos Roberto López Ortiz and Marcos Daniel Zunun, indicated as accomplices of the murder. Judge Aurora Gutiérrez decided that the Tenth Criminal Judgment will know the case. Meanwhile, Hilario Velásquez, alleged member of the 18th neighborhood and the main suspect, is still a fugitive since July 2024.
The Public Ministry considers Velásquez a key piece to clarify the crime, because it links it with the murder through a video in which an accounts are seen paying accounts. One of the hypotheses indicates that he would have coordinated Farruko’s death by jealousy, due to a sentimental relationship of the victim with a woman close to him. Farruko Pop is remembered as a young man full of talent and dreams, whose life was violently taken.
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