Overview

• Authorities confirmed the identities of Bayron Sánchez (B‑King) and Jorge Luis Herrera (Regio Clown) after families completed forensic recognition on September 22.
• The State of Mexico prosecutor’s office reported the bodies were located on September 17 in Cocotitlán and opened a homicide case after forensic matches.
• Both artists were last seen on September 16 leaving a gym in Polanco, Mexico City, where the capital’s prosecutor initiated the search and gathered video evidence.
• Mexico’s Security Cabinet said the Defense Ministry, Navy, National Guard, federal prosecutor and security ministry are coordinating with the Mexico City and State of Mexico prosecutors by order of President Claudia Sheinbaum.
• Media accounts noted signs of violence and a purported narcomensaje, though prosecutors have not disclosed official forensic results, motives or suspects; Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro had earlier appealed for help and misstated Sonora as the location, which Sonora’s prosecutor denied.