Four days after they disappeared on the way to a gig, authorities found the bodies of five members of the Mexican regional band Grupo Fugitivo Thursday (May 29) near the Texas-Mexico border.<\/p>\n
According to Tamaulipas state prosecutors, the five men were kidnapped at about 10 p.m. Sunday (May 25) while en route to a gig in an SUV. Authorities recovered their bodies on the outskirts of Reynosa, a border city plagued by drug cartel violence.<\/p>\n
The five victims\u2014Francisco Javier V\u00e1zquez, Nemesio Antonio Dur\u00e1n, band manager Livan Sol\u00eds de la Rosa, V\u00edctor Manuel Garza, and Jos\u00e9 Francisco Morales\u2014were between the ages of 20 and 40.<\/p>\n
Grupo Fugitivo often played at local parties and dances. A post made to the band\u2019s Facebook page Sunday (May 25) indicated they were headed to McAllen, Texas. Surveillance footage confirms the men arrived at a palapa bar in the Rancho Grande neighborhood of Reynoso. However, no footage shows them leaving the establishment. Later, family members reported receiving ransom demands, according to the BBC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n