Mexican police arrest suspect in killing of five band members

Investigators accuse the man of having given the order to kill the members of Grupo Fugitivo.

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The bodies of four musicians from the band and their manager were discovered on Thursday in Tamaulipas state, four days after the men had been reported missing.

Their relatives had reported receiving ransom demands in the days after the men's disappearance.

While kidnappings for ransom are not uncommon in violence-wracked Tamaulipas, the way band members were apparently lured to an abandoned lot by their kidnappers with the promise of a gig at a private party and then killed has shocked locals, who held rallies demanding their release.

Police said they arrested M-47 during raids on three properties, in which they also seized drugs, weapons, cash and suspicious vehicles and detained two other suspects.