SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Tijuana’s Grupo Firme, a widely popular musical group throughout Latin America, has canceled its upcoming concert in Mazatlán after receiving death threats from a cartel.
On Tuesday, a severed human head was found in a plastic box along with a “narco banner” on a bridge threatening the band.
The message said “Grupo Firme, if you perform at the Mazatlán Carnival we will kill you all.”
Through its Facebook page, the band announced that it would not be performing at the Mazatlán Carnival scheduled for March 1 saying, “For Music VIP the well-being of those who have accompanied us on this journey: Our family that is you, our fans, is always and will always be the most important thing.”
Baja California Secretary of Public Safety Laureano Carrillo Rodríguez said the band, and in particular its lead singer, Eduin Oswaldo Parra Cázares, known as Edwin Caz, will receive police protection for the immediate future.
Carrillo Rodríguez also said they are working to identify the victim who was decapitated and whose remains were used in the death threat.
A little more than a year ago, popular Mexican performer Peso Pluma and the group Fuerza Regida were forced to cancel their shows in Tijuana after receiving death threats from a cartel.
Grupo Firme has a performance scheduled for April 2 in Tijuana, but it has yet to confirm whether it will continue with this concert.
The band is based in Tijuana and specializes in the banda genre of Sinaloan music.
Grupo Firme was formed in 2014. In 2021, it received the Latin Grammy for album of the year.
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