However, it’s unclear if Grupo Fugitivo played these types of songs. Authorities say it’s still unclear why the Gulf Cartel would have targeted the band.

The Gulf Cartel is a long-standing, powerful drug trafficking organization that operates throughout the Mexican state of Tamaulipas and has been accused by the U.S. of moving arms, drugs, and ...

A Mexican woman, Areli Pablo Servando, 33, was also killed, apparently by a stray bullet. The Gulf drug cartel turned over five men to police soon after the abduction.

Mexican security forces on Saturday caught the leader of the cocaine-trafficking Gulf Cartel, the second major gang boss capture in just over a month as President Enrique Pena Nieto fights cartel ...