The Infante legacy: Heidy Infante’s journey in the entertainment industry

Find out about the shocking attack on singer Heidy Infante during her performance in Iztapalapa. Learn about her impressive career and show solidarity against gender violence.

During the last few hours, the name of Heidy Infante has made headlines in different media because the singer was physically and sexually assaulted on stage during one of her concerts, so in this article, we tell you everything we know about this unfortunate attack and we will tell you who the performer who was the victim of this unfortunate episode of gender violence is.

To address the issue, it is important to note that these unfortunate events occurred last Saturday, March 4, when Heidy Infante was entertaining an event in the Escuadrón 201 Market in the municipality of Iztapalapa. In the images posted on social networks, you can see that while performing “El Viejo del Sombrerón,” a man who apparently had nothing to do on stage began to wander among the musicians and even touched some of them, and when he was about to leave, the singer gave him a little nasty blow, the singer gave him a little spanking as part of the show. However, this upset the guy, who, in response, touched the singer inappropriately.

After the sexual aggression, Heidy Infante responded with a blow. Still, the man responded in the same way and threw himself at the singer, who was immediately overcome by the corpulence of her aggressor. Immediately, musicians, security personnel, and other people ran to stop the beating, and that was how the show ended.

After the unfortunate aggression, Heidy Infante denounced through her social networks that the capital authorities let her aggressor go free, whom she identified as Yian López Semanat, who is of foreign nationality and although she thanked the tokens of affection from her fans, she did not reveal what his health condition was, so it is expected that in the following hours, she will reveal her physical situation and if she plans to proceed legally to take this case to the last consequences.

Who is Heidy Infante?

The 44-year-old performer is the granddaughter of the “Idol of Guamúchil,” Pedro Infante, actress Isabel Navarro, and her mother are America Infante. Heidy Infante has worked in the entertainment industry for more than two decades because her ancestry inherited several of her talents.

Heidy Infante is 44 years old. Photo: IG: Heidy Infante
Heidy Infante is 44 years old. Photo: IG: Heidy Infante

As far as it is known, Heidy Infante has worked as a backup singer for different international artists such as Lupita D’Alessio, Lucero, Mijares, and Ricardo Arjona, and even worked with José José José. In addition, her acting talent led her to audition for “La Voz México”. However, she was not chosen by any of the coaches.

Heidy Infante has an artistic career of more than two decades. Photo: IG: Heidy Infante
Heidy Infante has an artistic career of more than two decades. Photo: IG: Heidy Infante

In addition to her activity in music, Heidy Infante has also worked as an announcer and actress, in addition, it is known that she has also done dubbing, and as if something was missing, she also offers shows as a clown and within the guild she is known as “La Wapayasa”.

Heidy Infante has ventured into different branches of entertainment. Photo: IG: Heidy Infante
Heidy Infante has ventured into different branches of entertainment. Photo: IG: Heidy Infante

It is worth mentioning that since 2019 she has had her own musical project called “Heydi Infante y la Nueva Sonora”, a concept with which she has been very successful as she has had the opportunity to present her show in different parts of the Mexican Republic and alternate with other great figures of tropical music especially.