Grupo Firme Cancels Efficiency in Mazatlán After Loss of life Threats

Grupo Firme canceled a efficiency at a carnival scheduled for this Saturday (March 1) within the Mexican state of Sinaloa, after a message on a banner with alleged dying threats attributed to a drug cartel gave the impression in its place of origin of Tijuana. The regional Mexican song band showed on Wednesday (Feb. 26) the suspension of its live performance in an respectable commentary.

“We deeply feel sorry about informing you that the presentation of Grupo Firme for this March 1st on the Mazatlán Carnival is canceled,” reads the commentary shared at the band’s Instagram Tales. “For Tune VIP, the well-being of those that have accompanied us in this trail — our circle of relatives, which is you, our enthusiasts — is and can at all times be crucial factor. We are hoping in an effort to meet once more quickly to sing, have fun and proceed making historical past in combination.”

The cancelation of the display — at first introduced as a part of the Carnaval de Mazatlán, which begins Thursday (Feb. 27) and lasts till March 4 — got here after the invention of an alleged narcomanta and a human head in a field on Tuesday (Feb. 25) in Tijuana. The truth was once showed to Billboard Español via the Baja California State Prosecutor’s Place of job, which mentioned that an investigation has already been opened.

Requests for feedback despatched via Billboard Español to Tune VIP and a consultant for Grupo Firme on Wednesday evening weren’t replied at press time.

On Wednesday morning, the Sinaloa government had showed that the Mazatlán Carnival would move on with out adjustments, after mentioning that there have been safety promises for Grupo Frontera and attendees. This announcement was once made via the Secretary of the Executive of Sinaloa, Feliciano Castro, at a press convention. However hours later, the band led via singer Eduin Caz introduced what was once approaching: The cancellation in their presentation on the match.

There, Grupo Firme was once intended to kick off the Mexican leg of its a success Los angeles Última Peda Excursion, which integrated 14 dates within the nation and two gala’s within the U.S. The trek is produced via an alliance of promoters Tune VIP, Tune VIBE, Cohumanity and different corporations.

The Mexican state of Sinaloa has observed over 800 homicides within the ultimate 5 months, in keeping with respectable figures reported via Spanish information company EFE, since an inside fight started ultimate September between two factions of the cartel of the similar title after the seize of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, co-founder of that felony group that now calls for that the U.S. repatriate him to Mexico.

Grupo Firme now joins a sequence of regional Mexican acts that experience won alleged threats from drug trafficking teams, forcing the cancellation in their performances in territories in warfare with felony organizations. One of the vital memorable circumstances is that of corridos famous person Peso Pluma, who needed to cancel six presentations, together with a efficiency in Tijuana scheduled for October 2023, when alleged threats have been issued in opposition to him via felony teams.