Rafael Orozco Maestre
Vallenato, Musical Artist
1954 – 1992
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Who was Rafael Orozco Maestre?
Rafael Orozco Maestre, was a Colombian singer of vallenato music. He was one of the major representatives of that Colombian popular folk music and lead singer and owner, along fellow accordionist Israel Romero, of the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de América, very popular in Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela. Orozco was assassinated by gunmen in front of his house on his daughter's 15th birthday party. It is believed they were hired by an angry drug lord whose wife was obsessed with Orozco.
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