SOMEONE DID NOT LIKE THEIR MUSIC

What the hell is going on in Mexico when a 16-member band is kidnapped, tortured and slaughtered?

KOMBO KOLOMBIA BAND TORTURED AND DISMEMBERED
16 band members and 4 others went missing Thursday; at least 8 bodies found

By Chivis Martinez

Borderland Beat
January 28, 2013

Authorities of Nuevo Leon state performed an intense mobilization in the municipality of Mina on Sunday afternoon after an anonymous call alerted the whereabouts of the members of the musical group Kombo Kolombia. The group was kidnapped by an armed group last Friday morning.

The police officers received the mysterious call and headed to the location given to them. At kilometer 92 of the highway to Monclova, a water well (other reports say "mine") was located and several bodies inside.

Troopers of the Civil Force, the Mexican Army, and Federal Police secured the area to allow staff of the State Agency of Investigations to perform their work.

The clandestine grave was found near a road to El Espinazo community.

Credible reports indicate that the l bodies have been found in that location. The anonymous call to the authorities also mentioned the bodies were from members of the Kombo Kolombia band.

Other reports mention that the members of the Kombo Kolombia band were tortured and executed. The bodies were dismembered and buried in the clandestine grave.

It was after a private performance on Thursday night that the band disappeared from the city of Hidalgo about 80 miles north of Monterrey and 40 miles south of the US border. On Friday at 4 AM citizens in the area where the bodies were found heard a series of gunshots and vehicles speeding away.

One unidentified member managed to escape and alert the army. He reports that they were loaded onto a truck at the La Carreta and taken in front of a well/mine at which time he managed to run and jump into a hole and hide.

Most of the band members lived in Monterrey and at least one is a citizen of Colombia.

It is not known why the group would be targeted, unlike other bands they did not sing narco corridos, songs that glorify drug traffickers. They stayed away from that genre of music.

Authorities are keeping quiet and not sharing details but unofficial reports say at least 8 bodies were found at the site. Keep in mind authorities have only confirmed that 8 bodies were retrieved so far, other details have been from other sources.

Update

Jorge Zambrano Domene , government security spokesman for Nuevo Leon confirmed reports on social networks that indeed one victim managed to escape his captors and certain death, as I reported. Though he had been beaten, as all the victims have been, he was in good condition and led authorities to the clandestine mass grave.

4 of the bodies were retrieved Sunday when the search for more stopped, for safety reasons, then resumed today. More bodies were pulled up however reaching the remaining bodies are proving to be a difficult task due to the depth and structure of the well.

The exact number of bodies remaining is unknown at this time. Governor Medina stated that clothes were found that match what the band wore for the performance. No one in authority has confirmed the bodies being dismembered.

El Norte issues this report in their 7AM report:

One of the musicians from the group Kolombia Kombo ran away from the ranch where his companions were executed and later helped the authorities locate where the bodies were left. The man reported that he escaped his kidnappers and received assistance from a trucker, who gave him a ride to a gas station.

The musician said the kidnappers took the band members in several trucks to kilometer 92 of the highway to Monclova. The witness reported that the victims knelt as their lives were taken with the " coup de grace" shot in the head. The man said he managed to escape without the kidnappers realizing he was gone.