{"id":29709,"date":"2025-06-03T11:06:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T11:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/after-5-musicians-found-dead-near-u-s-border-in-mexico-authorities-make-more-arrests-and-seize-weapons\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T11:06:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T11:06:59","slug":"after-5-musicians-found-dead-near-u-s-border-in-mexico-authorities-make-more-arrests-and-seize-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/after-5-musicians-found-dead-near-u-s-border-in-mexico-authorities-make-more-arrests-and-seize-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"After 5 musicians found dead near U.S. border in Mexico, authorities make more arrests and seize weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Three suspects in the kidnapping and murder of Mexican musicians in <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/police-officers-cartel-suspects-killed-shootouts-mexico-us-border\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Tamaulipas<\/a><\/span> state along the Texas border were arrested during a series of raids, officials said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The five members of local band Fugitivo had been hired for a weekend performance in the crime-wracked northeastern city of Reynosa, but arrived to find a vacant lot. Their <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/musicians-dead-near-us-border-mexico-cartel-members-arrested\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">bodies were found<\/a><\/span> several days later after their families reported receiving ransom demands.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An operation was carried out on three properties&#8221; in Reynosa, the public security office said in a statement, adding that the three suspects had been arrested there.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said the musicians had been kidnapped on May 25 while driving to a private event. Nine alleged cartel members were arrested last week, with authorities announcing another sting on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said the nine people arrested last week were believed to be part of a faction of the\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/gulf-cartel-leader-son-in-law-pleads-guilty-price-fixing-us-mexico-border\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Gulf Cartel<\/a><\/span>, which has strong presence in the city, but they did not indicate if the three new suspects arrested had the same links.<\/p>\n<p>During the newest operation, weapons, weapons cartridges, cocaine and methamphetamines were also seized, the ministry added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/30\/33f2c670-36a4-4d82-a087-dabadc26f09a\/thumbnail\/620x413g8\/af6a377414b79ae91bcff6d20def277f\/2025-05-30t033144z-596201312-rc2preatychp-rtrmadp-3-mexico-violence.jpg?v=56a3e14bdf9c98ad3b2e8fa3a2dc5f66#\" alt=\"Mexican authorities confirm the deaths of five members of a band in northeastern Mexico \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/30\/33f2c670-36a4-4d82-a087-dabadc26f09a\/thumbnail\/620x413g8\/af6a377414b79ae91bcff6d20def277f\/2025-05-30t033144z-596201312-rc2preatychp-rtrmadp-3-mexico-violence.jpg?v=56a3e14bdf9c98ad3b2e8fa3a2dc5f66 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/30\/33f2c670-36a4-4d82-a087-dabadc26f09a\/thumbnail\/1240x826g8\/7f79f8189671e9c7ea883c2b29ead222\/2025-05-30t033144z-596201312-rc2preatychp-rtrmadp-3-mexico-violence.jpg?v=56a3e14bdf9c98ad3b2e8fa3a2dc5f66 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Mexican Army members stand guard at the scene where, according to Mexican authorities, the members of the musical group Grupo Fugitivo were found dead, in Reynosa, Mexico May 29, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Stringer \/ REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Reynosa is a Mexican border city adjacent to the United States and has been plagued by escalating violence since 2017 due to internal disputes among groups vying for control of drug trafficking, human smuggling and fuel theft.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. State Department has revoked visas of a number of Mexican musicians for playing music that it says glorifies cartel violence.\u00a0 Last week, the popular Mexican regional music band Grupo Firme announced that it was canceling a performance in a music festival in California after the United States government\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/grupo-firme-cancels-us-show-visas-suspended-trump-administration\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">suspended the musicians&#8217; visas<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In April, the U.S. State Department\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-revokes-visas-band-jaliso-cartel-leader-face-concert-mexico\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">revoked the visas of members<\/a><\/span>\u00a0of the band Los Alegres del Barranco after they projected the face of a drug cartel boss onto a large screen during a performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Musicians targeted in Mexico<\/h2>\n<p>Mexican regional music, which encapsulates a wide range of styles including\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/narcocorridos-ban-melee-concert-luis-r-conriquez-mexico\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">corridos<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and cumbia, has in recent years gained a spotlight as it&#8217;s entered a sort of international musical renaissance. Young artists sometimes pay homage to leaders of drug cartels, often portrayed as Robin Hood-type figures.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear if Fugitivo played such songs or if the artists were simply victims of rampant cartel violence that has eclipsed the city. <\/p>\n<p>Mexican musicians have previously been targeted by criminal groups that pay them to compose and perform songs that glorify the exploits of their leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Such performers often live in close proximity to their drug lord patrons, and can at times get caught up in gang turf battles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Narcocorridos&#8221; are a controversial sub-genre of music in Mexico, and the songs have caught the attention of President Claudia Sheinbaum, who recently launched a music contest &#8220;for peace and against addictions,&#8221; seeking to counter the popularity of the music among young people in Mexico and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Several regions in the country have banned &#8220;narcocorridos,&#8221; sparking a\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/narcocorridos-ban-melee-concert-luis-r-conriquez-mexico\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">recent riot<\/a><\/span>\u00a0during a concert after a singer refused to perform some of his most popular songs.<\/p>\n<p>In January this year, a small plane was reported to have dropped pamphlets on a northwestern city threatening around 20 music artists and influencers for alleged dealings with a warring faction of the Sinaloa drug cartel. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, armed men kidnapped two members of the musical group &#8220;Los Norte\u00f1os de R\u00edo Bravo,&#8221; whose bodies were later found on the federal highway connecting Reynosa to R\u00edo Bravo, Tamaulipas.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, 17 musicians from the group Kombo Kolombia were executed by alleged cartel members in the northeastern state of Nuevo Leon, allegedly because of links to a rival gang.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/musicians-fugitivo-dead-mexico-arrests-weapons-drugs\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three suspects in the kidnapping and murder of Mexican musicians in Tamaulipas state along the Texas border were arrested during<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[683,682,413,458],"class_list":["post-29709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-cartel","tag-drug-cartels","tag-mexico","tag-murder"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>After 5 musicians found dead near U.S. border in Mexico, authorities make more arrests and seize weapons - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The five members of Fugitivo had been hired for a performance, but arrived to find a vacant lot. 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