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The police in Mexico arrested a man known to the M-47 alias, whom they suspect to organize the murder of members of the band Grupo Fugivo.
The bodies of four musicians from the band and their manager were discovered on Thursday in the state of Tamaulipas, four days after the men were reported.
In the days after the men disappeared, their relatives had reported to receive ransom requirements.
While the kidnappings for Ransom are not unusual for Tamaulipa’s violence, the band members were apparently lured by their kidnappers on an abandoned property with the promise of an appearance at a private party and then killed the locals shocked who demanded rallies who demanded their release.
The police said they had arrested M-47 in raids on three properties in which they also confiscated drugs, weapons, cash and suspicious vehicles and arrested two other suspects.
Federal official said that they suspect M-47 to be one of the bosses of a gang known as “metros”, which is part of the golf cartel.
The golf kartell has its stronghold in the state of Tamaulipas and affects the smuggling of drugs and migrants across the border between the USA and Mexico and the kidnapping for ransom.
It is not clear why the members of Grupo Fugivo have been targeted.
The singer who survived because he was late at night – told the local media that his band had been hired to appear at a private party and give an address.
The singer said when he made his way to the place to meet them to meet his fellow musicians, he found the address as a free property and no signs of the band members or their SUV.
The band’s SUV was abandoned a few kilometers away three days later. The trailer with their instruments and sound equipment was also unloaded in another place nearby.
The investigators believe that the five of their kidnappers were brought to a property where they were killed.
Grupo Fugivo was known for playing Norteña music – a genre that is characterized by catchy texts that were often sung in a polka -inspired rhythm – against which criminal gangs have been targeted.
Some bands rely on income at the beginning of their career because they are set at private parties, many of whom are hosted by people who are involved in or with connections to the cartels.
Sometimes they also compose songs that praise drug lords, and in the past there have been cases in which singers of such songs, which are known as “corRidos”, were threatened and even killed by rival gangs.
A total of 12 suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of Grupo Fugivo.