Overview

• On May 25, the five musicians were kidnapped around 10 p.m. while en route to a private performance in Reynosa’s Riberas del Río neighborhood.
• Relatives reported receiving ransom demands as authorities tracked the band’s SUV and detected blood traces at a local bar.
• Tamaulipas state prosecutors confirmed on May 29 that the bodies discovered on Reynosa’s outskirts belonged to the missing band members.
• Nine suspects tied to the Gulf Cartel’s Los Metros faction have been arrested in connection with the abduction and murders.
• Officials continue to probe the motive behind the killings in Tamaulipas, one of Mexico’s most cartel-impacted states.