Glamorous singer fatally shot on her tour bus and dumped in ditch after performance

An up-and-coming vocalist and parent of 2 was fatally changeable wrong her circuit autobus earlier being dumped successful ditch pursuing a show successful Peru.

Alezka Thalia Manrique, 27, and members of the Hermanos Guerreros set were returning connected the autobus aft performing astatine an lawsuit erstwhile six gunmen opened occurrence connected the manager successful Bagua Grande connected Sunday astir 5am.

Ingrid Vallejo, 1 of Manrique's cumbia bandmates, told authorities that the assailants forced the operator to measurement disconnected the autobus and that they were past beaten.

Manrique, who performed nether the sanction Thalia Castillo, ran to the backmost of the autobus to fell successful the bath erstwhile she was changeable successful the limb and back.

'My spouse wanted to spell into the autobus bath successful her instinct to support herself and the infinitesimal she was there, the changeable went off,' Vallejo said.

The gunmen past pulled Manrique from the autobus and dumped her assemblage successful a ditch portion ordering the set members to stay connected the ground.

The suspects made disconnected with instruments and wealth that the set was paid for the show.

Manrique died portion she was being rushed to the hospital

Her brother, Jair Enrique, told RPP vigor connected Monday that Peru National Police person identified the suspects and were waiting for the support of an apprehension warrant to seizure them.

Manrique, who leaves down 2 children, had joined the set aft it was formed 2 months agone and was expected to postgraduate with a grade successful concern medication aboriginal this month.

'Thalia was a idiosyncratic afloat of joy, ever with a smile,' Vallejo told Radio Exitosa. 'Her endowment and dedication to euphony made her special.'

'Your face, your grin and your dependable volition ever stay successful our memory,' the set said successful a statement.