The Miami police allegedly possess a key video showing the exact moment when El Taiger was shot dead, but the footage would not provide all the evidence regarding who did it, according to Univision journalist Daniel Benítez.
"What is happening is that the police are still working on gathering all the necessary evidence to formally accuse a person of this homicide," Benítez revealed during a live broadcast on his YouTube channel.
The journalist added that police sources assured him they do not believe - as was speculated at some point on social media - that the murder of El Taiger is related to the Latin Kings or, in general, to criminal gangs.
"This could be something much more personal, in the sense that the person who murdered El Taiger was someone, as has been said, very close to him, but it has nothing to do with a debt or the Latin Kings, rather a different type of operation," the journalist pointed out.
Benítez indicated that for the authorities, Damian Valdez-Galloso remains the most important person in the investigation, although there is still no arrest warrant against him.
"Clearly, the police and the prosecution do not yet have sufficient evidence to directly point to a suspect, although they are practically closing in, but they need proof beyond any reasonable doubt," stated the communicator.
According to the cited source, the police do not consider the idea that Damian has left the country, and they have reasons to believe that he is still in the United States.
He took the opportunity to clarify that Damian Valdez was not a friend of El Taiger, but rather the one who supplied him with drugs.
Daniel Benítez -who stated that the scope of the investigation is getting tighter every day- said that the Hialeah police have been vital in the course of the investigation, since the crime occurred under their jurisdiction, although now everything is in the hands of the Miami police.
The influencer Alexander Otaola also referred to the same video and provided more details. Although he clarified that he hasn't seen it, he indicated that he has been told what is seen in the images.
Otaola said that the video shows El Taiger arriving at Damian's house in Hialeah in the early morning "visibly angry."
He says that after kicking a gate, he sees a person, a man from that property, and that after a struggle, the person who comes out of the house grabs a gun and shoots El Taiger, who immediately falls to his knees.
Otaola pointed out that Valdez-Galloso - also known as "El Narra" - was the only resident of that house, which has raised suspicions about his direct involvement.
The influencer explained that the camera that recorded what happened was far from where the events took place, and that has made it impossible to clearly see the person who fired.
"That is why Damian has not been declared guilty. They have not managed to get a judge to sign an arrest warrant," Otaola added, stating that the police believe Damian might be hiding in New York.
As of the closure of this note, the authorities in Miami have neither confirmed nor denied the video referenced by both the journalist and the influencer.
The head of the Miami Police, Manuel Morales, ruled out in a press conference shortly after the incident - which occurred on October 3 - that the event involving El Taiger was a suicide attempt, categorizing what happened as a "criminal act."
Morales requested citizen cooperation to locate Damian Valdez-Galloso, 49 years old, who has been declared a "person of interest" in the investigation of the reggaeton artist's case.
El Taiger died on October 10 after spending a week in critical condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital, having been found in a vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head.
According to previous revelations, police investigations revealed that he was one of the last people to see the reggaeton artist before he was found with a gunshot wound.
An aunt of Damian Valdez-Galloso recently spoke out, asking that Damian's family not be criminalized on social media and that they not be exposed.
At the same time, he expressed some opinions about El Taiger that could be painful or inappropriate for the singer's followers, who are currently going through a kind of collective mourning for his loss.
In an extensive live broadcast on her YouTube channel, Evelyn -as the relative is named- harshly lashed out at some influencers who, in her opinion, have carried out a media lynching not only of her nephew but are also harming the entire family, even sharing family photos on social media.
Authorities have offered a reward of $5,000 for reliable information leading to the whereabouts of Damian Valdez, who is 5'09" tall, weighs approximately 186 pounds, has brown eyes and hair, and has tattoos on both arms and on his chest.
The police request anyone with information about the incident to call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 305 471-TIPS (8477).
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