Juan Lopez died of pneumonia complications while he was behind bars in 2009 for drug smuggling and peddling. Born on March 17, 1972, and 37 years old at the time of his demise, Juan claimed a spot in the limelight following his marriage to American singer Jenni Rivera.
Already 15 years since his death, the true manner in which the entrepreneur lost his life is still one thing that many people try to understand. More so, his marriage to the famous and celebrated singer with whom he has two kids has constantly drawn his name to the consciousness of the public. Here is a close look at his life and how he died.
How Old was Juan Lopez when he Died?
As indicated, Juan López was only 37 years old when he died in 2009. He was born Jun Manuel Lopez Pardo on 17 March 1972, in Nayarit, Mexico. While his parents were believed to be Amelia Pardo and Juan Lopez, details about his other family members and early life, as well as education, are all not clear.
What is clear, however, is that his life in the United States, leading to his death, was not a problem-free one. In 1997 when he was 25 years old, he got involved with the law and was arrested for smuggling undocumented immigrants into the States. He was locked away for over six months before he was released. At the time of his arrest, he was married for only a few weeks.
The next major arrest of Juan was in 2007, when he got netted again for peddling drugs. The sentence he received was not clear, but two years after his arrest and incarceration, he was said to have developed respiratory complications, which would end up costing him his life even before he got to 40.
When did Juan Lopez die?
As stated, Lopez died in 2009, a couple of years after being arrested for a serious drug dealing crime. He was locked up in Huntington Park, California, United States, which was where he breathed his last.
Apart from the revelations that bordered on what actually took his life, other important details, including the exact time of his death and the real circumstances, have not been made known to the public.
A Brief Look At The Life Of Juan Lopez
Juan López began his life in his home country of Mexico when he was born in 1972. Of Mexican American nationality and Mexican ethnicity, he was partly brought up in his country of birth before he later moved to the United States. The exact time he migrated is not clear, but it is known that he made a life for himself in the States.
So many details about him are not available to the public because, for the most part of his life, he was in the dark until he met and married Jenni Rivera. What is obvious, however, is that he was a businessman until his many fallouts with the law.
He Was The Second Husband of Jenni Rivera
Juan Lopez claimed a place in the limelight as a result of his marriage to the celebrated American singer Jenni Rivera. The pair got married in 1997 after they met for the first time in a bar in California. Rivera had just finished performing, and their eyes locked. For the pair, it was nothing short of love at first sight, and they went on a date for only a few months before Rivera agreed to walk down the aisle with Juan Lopez as her second husband.
The first marriage of the famous singer was to José Trinidad Marín, and it lasted from 1984 to 1992 when it ended after it came to light that her husband was an abuser who molested her sister as well as her daughter. He was charged in 1997 but became a fugitive until 2006, when he was caught and sentenced to 31 years behind bars.
When she met and married Juan, she thought all her past problems were behind her, but in no time, he got into trouble with the law. More than that, they divorced in 2003 because he cheated on her. Before then, the couple had two kids together, Jenicka Lopez and Johnny Lopez.
While Juan did not get married again until his death, Rivera tried a third time when she married MLB star Esteban Loaiza in 2010. Sadly, the union ended in 2012 when she died at the age of 43.