 On 11 March 1992, de Dios was sitting at the bar at the Meson Asturias Restaurant, in Queens, New York, when he was approached from behind and shot twice in the head by Wilson Alejandro Mejia-Velez.De Dios died instantly.Mejia-Velez was allegedly acting on orders given by Cali cartel boss José Santacruz Londoño.