On 29 July 2006, Rafael Dangond and Lissette Ochoa attended a wedding party at the exclusive Country Club in the city of Barranquilla, Colombia. Rafael became aggressive after Lissette was invited to dance by a group of friends who had traveled from Venezuela to attend the wedding, among them a young male who danced with her. Some of the wedding guests recounted that while Lissette was dancing, Rafael was sitting alone at a table. He later walked towards the bathroom and then came out with reddened eyes, presumably caused by alcohol and/or drugs. Apparently, Dangond had become angry and jealous.