Worst Genre Of Music? Reggaeton Used By Gang Of Kidnappers To Torture Victims In Mexico

Back in 2012, a feared gang of kidnappers was finally caught in Mexico. They were known as "Los Galleros." Police were following the kidnapping of a very influential person in Mexican society and were able to successfully raid the location where the group kept the victim and free him.

They took into custody at least nine members of the organized crime group, including their leader, 21-year-old Armando Ernesto Salinas Gómez.
According to reports, the modus operandi of "Los Galleros" consisted of stalking their victims and following them around for a determined period of time, with the objective of knowing their economic solvency.

Once they got the information they needed, the gang proceeded to intercept their victims, either near their homes or workplaces. They often used police uniforms that were most likely provided by Gabriel Gómez Zúñiga, who was a real life officer and member of the gang.

The victims were later taken to a warehouse, that "Los Galleros" used as a safe house.

Once in captivity, the victims were physically tortured. They were left with no water or food for long periods of time. They were also injected with a numbing substance that made them lose consciousness, and then the kidnappers proceeded to mutilate some of their fingers and sometimes ears to send to their relatives in order to speed up the ransom.

The victims were kept in a sound-proof room, monitored by a 24/7 security system, with hands and feet tied up with barb wire.

But what's most shocking, was that they thought an effective method of torture was leaving the victims listening to reggaeton and banda music.

"When they took their victims to the safe houses, they would immediately blindfold them, tie their hands and feet with barb wire and put them headphones with very loud reggaeton or banda, and that's how they kept them night and day. After that, they would amputate their finger," said a source close to the investigation.

Authorities close to the investigation said that "Los Galleros" is a second generation kidnapping gang, because the families of some of them were also known for various kidnappings, but stopped committing those crimes after their health deteriorated.

What do you think about using reggaeton and banda as torture methods? Do you think it's an insult to those genres and the artists that make that music for a living, or do you think it's understandable why "Los Galleros" thought that music would be effective for their purposes?