Severed head, death threat prompt Tijuana’s Grupo Firme to cancel Mazatlán concert

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Severed head, death threat prompt Tijuana’s Grupo Firme to cancel Mazatlán concert

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Tijuana's Grupo Firme, a widely popular musical group throughout Latin America, has canceled its upcoming concert in Mazatlán after receiving death threats from a cartel. On Tuesday, a severed human head was found in a plastic box along with a "narco banner" on a bridge threatening the band. The message said "Grupo Firme, if you perform at the Mazatlán Carnival we will kill you all." Through its Facebook page, the ba…

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Severed head, death threat prompt Tijuana's Grupo Firme to cancel Mazatlán concert

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Tijuana's Grupo Firme, a widely popular musical group throughout Latin America, has canceled its upcoming concert in Mazatlán after receiving death threats from a cartel. On Tuesday, a severed human head was found in a plastic box along with a "narco banner" on a bridge threatening the band. The message said "Grupo Firme, if you perform at the Mazatlán Carnival we will kill you all." Through its Facebook page, the ba…

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On the Tijuana-Rosarito road in Baja California, an icemaker with a severed human head appeared on Tuesday accompanied by a blanket that threatened Grupo Firme, one of the most important Mexican regional bands outside of Mexico. The blanket imagined with “killing everyone” if they played on March 1 at the Mazatlan Festival, in Sinaloa, where Plácido Domingo, Alejandro Sanz and La Adictiva are also presented. The message was not only for musician…

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Grupo Firme pulls out of Mazatlán Carnival after death threats

The Mazatlán Carnival — especially important this year as the city attempts to revive its tourism economy — has been rocked by two prominent regional Mexican music acts cancelling performances due to narco threats. One of Mexico’s biggest celebrations of its kind, Carnival 2025 opened Thursday and runs through Tuesday in Mazatlán, the state of Sinaloa’s largest city behind the oft-narco-ravaged capital of Culiacán. Every year, Mazatlán hosts one…

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Grupo Firme cancels performance in Mazatlán after severed head, banner found threatening the band

A severed human head found in a plastic box next to a banner with a threatening message against the Mexican regional music band Grupo Firme sparked concerns among authorities in the border city of Tijuana.