Five Mexican musicians abducted, murdered by alleged drug cartel

They Thought They Were Going to a Gig. Now, a Tragic End

Five members of the band Grupo Fugitivo, which performed Mexican regional music at parties and other events, had been missing since Sunday. Now comes sad news on their fate: Authorities say the bodies of the men, ages 20 to 40, have been found on the outskirts of the Mexican city...

Five members of a Mexican regional music group, reported missing since Sunday 25 May, were murdered by suspected killers of a drug dealer cartel, confirmed the state prosecutor on Thursday...

5 missing musicians found dead near U.S. border in Mexico; alleged cartel members arrested

Authorities did not say why the musicians from the band Grupo Fugitivo were slain, and did not deny reports by local media that the bodies had been burned.

Five members of the Fugitivo Group, a regional music band originally from Reynosa, Tamaulipas, were found alive this Thursday on a farm in the Aquiles Serdán colony, as confirmed by the Attorney General’s Office of Justice of the State. The bodies, calcined, correspond to Francisco Javier Vázquez Osorio (20 years old), Víctor Manuel Garza Cervantes (21 years old), Nemesio Antonio Durán Rodríguez (40), Livan Edyberto Solís de la Rosa (27) and Jos…

The disappearance of musicians, aged between 20 and 40, had led to the mobilization of dozens in Reynosa, a city in northern Mexico.

Carlos arrived late and that saved his life. He was supposed to meet on Sunday 25 May at night with the rest of the members of Grupo Fugitivo for a presentation in the Riberas del Río colony. However, according to local media, Rubén Isaac, a family member of one of the murdered members, when he arrived there was only one empty place. He could not contact them, so he chose to return to his home. From that colony of Reynosa, where they were last s…