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Miami Jury Convicts Cuban Rapper Chocolate MC in Murder-for-Hire Solicitation

Prosecutors cite Instagram posts with a track titled 'Pincha Lo' as proof he solicited an attack.

Overview

  • A six-person Miami-Dade jury found Yosvanis Sierra Hernández guilty of soliciting first-degree murder and making written threats after less than two hours of deliberation.
  • Jurors concluded he tried to recruit inmates to kill Damián Valdés Galloso, the man charged in the October 2024 killing of fellow artist El Taiger.
  • Evidence presented included Instagram posts offering $20,000 and a year of commissary to carry out the attack, along with the song prosecutors translated as “stab him.”
  • Under Florida law, a solicitation conviction does not require money to change hands or a killing to occur.
  • Sentencing will be scheduled later as he has other open cases; he remains jailed at Metro West Detention Center and faces up to 15 years in prison.