Cynthia Sanchez Vallejo’s personal life
Cynthia Sanchez Vallejo was born on 7 April 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was raised alongside one sibling, her older brother, Adán. She lives a quiet life, the 36-year-old is active on social media. Cynthia Sanchez Vallejo pays tributes to her late father and brother in several Instagram posts and has over 52,000 followers as of November 2023.
She has over 233,000 followers and posts mini vlogs almost daily. Fans call her hija de Chalino Sánchez, which means Chalino Sánchez’s daughter in Spanish. Here we will discuss her father’s successful career.
Cynthia Sanchez Vallejo’s father, Chalino Sánchez
Chalino Sánchez was a Mexican singer and songwriter. Sánchez is considered one of the most influential Mexican narcocorrido singers of the late 20th century. He also composed and sang romantic and radio-friendly songs.
Sánchez grew up in a poor and violent rural area of Sinaloa, the youngest of eight children. His father died when Sanchez was six years old. At age 15, Sánchez shot and killed a man who raped his sister. The murder of his brother Armando in a Tijuana hotel in 1984 prompted him to compose his first Corrido. While serving time in prison for petty crimes, Sánchez composed songs for inmates that had stories they wanted to preserve in sentimental ballads.
On January 25, 1992, unidentified assailants shot Sánchez while he was performing in Coachella, California, but he survived. He fired back in self-defense and accidentally killed a bystander. Unidentified assailants shot and killed Sánchez on May 16, just a few months later, after a performance in Culiacán.
Someone had given him a note, possibly a death threat before he was killed. While his murder remains unsolved, it is suspected that a Mexican cartel or a desire for revenge was responsible. On September 1975, at age 15, Sánchez shot and killed a man who had raped his sister. He then moved to Tijuana, where he worked as a coyote, smuggling undocumented immigrants into the United States.
In October 1975, Sánchez himself fled to the US to avoid Mexican authorities. He worked on farms from Seattle, Washington to Portland, Oregon, and in January 1983, he later moved in with his aunt in Inglewood, California. He washed dishes, sold cars, and dealt with small quantities of marijuana and cocaine. Sánchez also had a stint as a driver for Rigo Campos, the owner of a restaurant in Bell Gardens California who was involved in the drug business, and who was eventually killed by the Crips in South Los Angeles, California In addition, Sánchez helped his older brother, Armando, run an immigrant smuggling operation.
In May 1983, Sánchez met Mansela Vallejos, from Mexicali, Baja California, through a cousin. They married in 1984 while she was pregnant with their son, Adan Sanchez, and later had a second child, Cynthia Sánchez Vallejos. They were married for nine years until Sanchez’s death. Someone shot and killed Armando in a hotel in Tuana in July 1984, inspiring Sanchez to compose his first condo, Recordando A Armando Sánchez.
