High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Valentín Elizalde Valencia (February 1, 1979 - November 25, 2006) was a Mexican banda music singer gunned down in an ambush. Known by the nickname "El Gallo de Oro" (The Golden Rooster), his biggest Banda hits included "Vete Ya," "Ebrio de Amor," " Vete Con Él," "Vuelve Cariñito," "Como Me Duele," "Vencedor," " Mi Virgencita," and "Soy Así." Some of his songs were narcocorridos eulogizing Mexican drug lords like Vicente Carrillo Fuentes. He was allegedly murdered by a member of the drug trafficking gang, Los Zetas, at the age of 27.