I know where you live. If I were there, I'd be smashing your face in.
En los pasillos de un tribunal de Medellín, la fama encontró su contrapeso en la justicia: Stiven Mesa Londoño, el artista conocido como Blessd, fue formalmente acusado de ser el cerebro detrás del secuestro extorsivo de dos imitadores en 2022, hombres que simplemente habían encontrado en su arte un homenaje. El caso revela cómo el poder —real o imaginado— puede convertir una disputa de imagen en un acto de violencia, y cómo la impunidad percibida rara vez sobrevive al tiempo. La justicia, aunque tardía, avanza.
- Dos imitadores fueron atraídos con falsas promesas a un estudio de grabación en El Poblado y retenidos durante tres horas bajo amenaza de arma de fuego y golpes físicos.
- Blessd habría llamado personalmente a una de las víctimas durante el cautiverio para advertirle que obedeciera, en lo que la fiscalía describe como una demostración directa de su rol como determinador del crimen.
- A pesar de la presión, las amenazas y la confiscación temporal de su teléfono, Sánchez Quintero nunca firmó el contrato ni abandonó sus presentaciones, frustrando el objetivo central del esquema.
- Un juez aceptó los cargos contra los cuatro imputados —incluyendo el mánager y una abogada— y ninguno aceptó acuerdo anticipado; la fiscalía prepara solicitud de detención preventiva.
- Blessd enfrenta este proceso con antecedentes penales previos y una acusación adicional por hechos similares, lo que agrava considerablemente su situación jurídica.
Un jueves por la mañana, una fiscal expuso ante el Juzgado 11 Penal del Circuito de Medellín los hechos que, según la acusación, convierten a uno de los artistas de reggaeton más reconocidos de Colombia en el autor intelectual de un secuestro extorsivo. Stiven Mesa Londoño, conocido como Blessd, habría orquestado la retención de dos imitadores en junio de 2022. La audiencia, que se extendió más de cinco horas de forma virtual, reconstruyó una tarde que comenzó con una invitación por WhatsApp y terminó con amenazas de muerte.
Las víctimas eran Andrés Felipe Sánchez Quintero —imitador de Ozuna en Yo Me Llamo— y Jéfferson Sánchez, quien hacía tributo a Blessd. Llegaron al estudio en El Poblado esperando una reunión cordial; en cambio, encontraron hostilidad. El mánager Dímelo Jara los insultó, el productor Velásquez sacó una pistola negra y los amenazó de muerte, y una abogada participó en la presión para que firmaran un contrato renunciando a sus presentaciones. Sánchez Quintero intentó grabar en secreto con su teléfono; fue golpeado y el dispositivo le fue arrebatado.
En medio del forcejeo, Blessd supuestamente llamó por teléfono a la víctima para advertirle que obedeciera todo lo que le ordenaran en la oficina, añadiendo que sabía quién era, dónde vivía y que él no sería tan blando como su mánager. Las víctimas fueron liberadas cerca de las seis de la tarde, tras tres horas de retención. Sánchez Quintero nunca firmó el contrato.
La fiscal imputó a Blessd como determinador del delito, mientras que su mánager, la abogada Laura Moreno y Julián Giraldo enfrentan cargos como coautores. Un quinto implicado, el productor Velásquez, fue asesinado en 2024. El juez aceptó los cargos; ninguno de los cuatro acusados aceptó acuerdo anticipado. La fiscalía pedirá detención preventiva. Para Blessd, los antecedentes penales y una acusación paralela por hechos similares hacen más pesada la balanza.
On a Thursday morning in a Medellín courtroom, a prosecutor laid out a criminal accusation that would reshape the public image of one of Colombia's biggest reggaeton stars. Stiven Mesa Londoño, known professionally as Blessd, had orchestrated what prosecutors describe as an extortive kidnapping, she told the judge. The hearing, which stretched more than five hours and was conducted virtually at the 11th Criminal Circuit Court, centered on events from four years earlier—a June afternoon in 2022 when two impersonators were lured to a recording studio and held against their will.
Blessd faces charges as the mastermind of the scheme. Three others stand accused alongside him: Santiago Jaramillo Morán, his manager, known as Dímelo Jara; Laura Moreno Restrepo, a lawyer; and Julián David Giraldo Arboleda. A fifth person, producer Daniel Alejandro Velásquez Franco, would have faced charges too, but he was murdered in 2024. The victims were Andrés Felipe Sánchez Quintero, an impersonator known for performing as Ozuna on the television show Yo Me Llamo, and Jéfferson Sánchez, who performed as a Blessd tribute act. Their manager was Sánchez Quintero.
According to the prosecutor's account, the two men received a WhatsApp message from Jaramillo inviting them to the studio on June 1, 2022. They arrived after three in the afternoon expecting something positive—Blessd had recently expressed approval of the tribute performances. Instead, they encountered hostility. When Sánchez Quintero asked Jara what he thought of the Blessd impersonation, Jara insulted him, calling him a con artist profiting illegally from the original artist's brand. The mood shifted toward violence. Producer Velásquez entered the room, followed by the lawyer Moreno. Fearing the change in atmosphere, Sánchez Quintero began secretly recording on his phone.
What followed was a sequence of coercion and intimidation. They demanded he sign a contract agreeing to stop the tribute performances, threatening a fine of one hundred million pesos if he refused. When Jara noticed the phone recording, he struck Sánchez Quintero on the neck and face, demanding the device. Simultaneously, Velásquez drew a small black pistol and pointed it at him from about three meters away, threatening to kill him. Velásquez told him they were on private property and that as men "of the street," no one would know if they murdered him. The phone was taken, the audio deleted, and the device disappeared for roughly thirty minutes.
During this ordeal, Jara handed Sánchez Quintero a phone call from Blessd himself. According to the testimony, the artist warned him to obey everything he was told in the office and made a crude reference to not wanting to frighten him further. In a recorded statement, Blessd allegedly said: "My boy, how are you? I know who you are, I know where you live, I know what you do and all that. And I'm not as soft as Jara. If I were there, I'd be smashing your face in. Do everything they're telling you in the office and save yourself problems." The men were finally released around six in the evening, after three hours of detention.
Prosecutors charged Blessd as the determiner—the person who conceived and directed the crime—while the others face charges as co-perpetrators. The charges include an aggravating factor, though prosecutors noted a mitigating circumstance: the scheme ultimately failed. Sánchez Quintero never signed the contract or stopped performing. When the judge accepted the charges, she offered all four defendants the option of accepting an early sentence or negotiating a plea agreement. None accepted. The hearing was suspended at two in the afternoon and continued the following day. Prosecutors are expected to request that all four remain in custody while the case proceeds. For Blessd, the weight of prior criminal history works against him. This is not his only legal trouble—another artist's representative, Iván Andrés Galindo Navia, has accused him of a similar incident involving aggression and threats.
Citas Notables
This action was determined by Stiven Mesa Londoño, known as Blessd, who conceived the criminal idea.— Prosecutor Piedad Estrada, during the June 2026 hearing
La Conversación del Hearth Otra perspectiva de la historia
Why would a successful artist risk everything by orchestrating something like this?
That's the question that keeps coming up. The impersonators weren't stealing from him—they were performing tribute acts. But there's a logic to it if you think about control and brand. He saw them as unauthorized use of his image, his work, his name. Whether that justifies what happened is a different question entirely.
The phone call during the incident—that's damning, isn't it?
It is. It's the moment the original artist becomes directly involved, not just someone who benefits from what others are doing. He's not just aware; he's participating in real time, threatening the victim himself.
Three hours is a long time to hold someone against their will.
It is. And they had a gun. The physical assault, the threats of death, the deletion of evidence—it's not a momentary loss of control. It's sustained, deliberate intimidation designed to force a signature.
Why didn't the contract get signed?
Sánchez Quintero refused. He held firm despite everything—the threats, the weapon, the psychological pressure. That refusal is what prosecutors call the mitigating factor, but it doesn't erase what happened to him.
What about the producer who died?
Velásquez was killed two years later by the caretaker at a property he owned. The circumstances were murky—a dispute over the caretaker's mother living there, alcohol involved, verbal abuse. He's not facing charges because he's dead, but his role in pointing that gun is part of the record now.
Does Blessd have a way out of this?
His lawyers asked the judge not to accept the charges, but she did. He could accept an early sentence or negotiate with prosecutors, but he refused both options. Now he's waiting to see if he'll be held in custody while the case moves forward. The prior criminal history doesn't help his position.