Relatives of five members of the Fugitivo division, between the ages of 20 and 40, received ransom demands after their kidnapping.
The drug carpet members are suspected of killing five members of the Mexican band, who have disappeared after appointing a concert in a crime city in the northeast of the country.
Diario de Mexico said on Thursday that the bodies of the five musicians were discovered after they were lost on Sunday, and nine suspects were arrested regarding their kidnapping and killing.
According to the authorities, the nine suspects are part of the “Los Metros” faction in the Gulf Cartel, which works in the city of Renosa, in the state of Tamolibas, near the borders of the United States.
“The application of the law has arrested nine individuals who are likely to be officials. They are known to be members of a criminal cell in the Gulf Cartel,” Tamoulibas Public Prosecutor Erfang Barius told a press conference.
Tamaulipas is one of the most dangerous states in Mexico due to the presence of cartoon members involved in drug trafficking and migrants, as well as other crimes, including extortion.
The announcement of the arrests came hours after five bodies were found in the search for men, who were members of a local group called Fugitivo.
The musicians were appointed to put a concert on Sunday, but they arrived to find that their proposed performance site was a vacant, according to family members who occupied a protest urging the authorities to behave.
Relatives reported that ransom demands for musicians between the ages of 20 and 40.
Mexican musicians were previously targeted by the Cartel members amid competition, as some people receive the payment of the formation and performance of songs that glorify the exploits of gang leaders.
Barius said that investigators used video monitoring clips and tracking a mobile phone to create the recent movements of musicians.
He said that nine firearms and two cars were seized.
More than 480,000 people have been killed in drug -related violence and organized crime, and it has lost about 120,000 people, in Mexico.

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