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Aleks Syntek condemns the killing of Camilo Séptimo keyboardist: “Ambition, sex, power and money are driving us mad”

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Musician Aleks Syntek expressed anger and grief after Camilo Séptimo keyboardist Jonathan Meléndez, his wife and their three-year-old daughter were killed at their home in Atizapán de Zaragoza, Mexico.
  • Syntek blamed the normalization of crime, misogyny and hatred in popular culture, while police detained two men allegedly linked to the killings.
  • Camilo Séptimo mourned Meléndez, who played on several of the band’s albums, as friends and fans demanded justice.

Aleks Syntek responded to the killing of Camilo Séptimo keyboardist Jonathan Samuel Meléndez with a message filled with anger, grief and despair. Meléndez, his wife Ana Paula and their three-year-old daughter were killed at their home in Atizapán de Zaragoza, in Mexico State.

“There are no words to describe the indignation, sadness and depression I feel over the case of my colleague, maestro Jonathan Samuel of Camilo Séptimo,” Syntek wrote on social media. He linked the violence to what he sees as a broader loss of values and warned that “the absence of God and the excess of ambition, sex, power and money are driving us mad.”

There are no words to describe the indignation, sadness and depression I feel over the case of my colleague, maestro Jonathan Samuel of Camilo Séptimo.

· Aleks SyntekSyntek expressed his grief after Meléndez and his family were killed.

Syntek also criticized parts of the entertainment and cultural industries for, in his view, helping normalize crime and hatred. “Stop praising and promoting crime, misogyny and hatred through art and popular culture, because today we are all guilty of this tragedy from the underworld and Satan, social networks, influencers, songs, films and television series, advertising and those who support and consume them,” he wrote.

The absence of God and the excess of ambition, sex, power and money are driving us mad.

· Aleks SyntekSyntek linked the killings to a perceived loss of values and social violence.

Addressing parents, the musician added: “For your children and mine, it is not cool for the trend to be becoming a thug and looking like a kidnapper.” He ended the post with the words, “May God have mercy on us.”

Meléndez was killed on Tuesday at his home alongside Ana Paula. Information released about the case indicated that someone may have entered the residence after claiming that an alleged business partner wanted to meet him. Authorities detained Diego Sebastián “N” and Gerardo “N”, who were identified as alleged participants in the crime.

Stop praising and promoting crime, misogyny and hatred through art and popular culture, because today we are all guilty of this tragedy from the underworld and Satan, social networks, influencers, songs, films and television series, advertising and those who support and consume them.

· Aleks SyntekHe criticized cultural and entertainment platforms for what he said was the normalization of crime and hatred.

The death prompted reactions across Mexico’s music scene and among Camilo Séptimo fans. The band mourned Meléndez, who took part in different stages of its career and played on albums including “Óleos,” “Navegantes,” “Ecos,” “Jardín de las almas” and “Maya.” Friends and followers have called for justice for the musician and his family.

For your children and mine, it is not cool for the trend to be becoming a thug and looking like a kidnapper.

· Aleks SyntekHe directed a warning to parents about the glorification of criminal imagery.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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