 As of 2006 some residents of the Veracruz area sing at least one half-dozen "corridos" (folk ballads) about Vázquez.One of the corridos depicts a shootout with federal police in the 1980s that left Vázquez's four companions dead and Vázquez in prison.On November 19, 2006, several assassins ambushed Vázquez as he returned from a semi-pro baseball game in which his team had defeated a regional rival with a 10-1 win.