Miami police said one person died during Ultra Music Festival this past weekend. Officials said it is still unknown how the young man died. No further information was available as the investigation is ongoing. The family claims that the 21-year-old never has done drugs. He was supposedly dizzy while he was at the concert then his friends had him go back to the car. Then when they came out and returned to the car, they found him dead. Read more below.
“He was a very good kid. He was an excellent kid. We feel so bad. We feel so bad. We lost a great person,” said Rosa Escoto.
“He doesn’t drink and he never used drugs,” Escoto told CBS4’s Peter D’Oench.
Escoto’s nephew, Adonis Pena Escoto, died after attending a festival that he loved to attend, according to his aunt.
“He was feeling bad and dizzy and his friends put him in the back of a car,” she said. “But he never woke up.”
Family members say Escoto’s friends thought he had too much to drink and took him to a car to sober up.
“I have questions like did someone give him something to drink,” said Rosa Escoto.
Adonis Escoto was an improv comedian who performed under the name Adonis Pena. His family members and friends posted his pictures on line after he died this weekend.
Escoto’s uncle Luis broke down as he spoke about his nephew, saying “His friends put him in a car and some people wonder was it drugs or something like that. He never woke up. He never used drugs. Believe me. It’s my family I know.”
Escoto’s aunt and uncle are also angry.
“This festival was no good,” said Luis Escoto. “There are a lot of drugs. The city is only looking for money. This festival is all about money. The family wants the festival to disappear in Miami.”
“I think this has to be the end for Ultra,” said Rosa Escoto. “Many kids go there and there are a lot of drugs in the street.”
Miami Police Chief Manuel Orosa said he did not want to discuss this case because of the pending investigation but he made a reference to the dark side of such events.
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