14-05-2025
Prominent Mexican band robbed of equipment at fake security checkpoint
A famous cumbia band says it was robbed of instruments and equipment at a fake security checkpoint on a Mexican highway.
Los Ángeles Azules posted to their social media pages that, on May 9, a bus transporting the band's instruments and audio equipment was stopped at a fake security checkpoint while on their way back from a performance in Tabasco.
The checkpoint was set up at kilometer marker 61 on the Autopista México-Puebla, a major arterial route that traverses the central part of the country and links Puebla and Mexico City, according to the band.
In their social media statement, Los Ángeles Azules (The Blue Angels) said they were in the process of contacting Mexican state and federal authorities to 'take urgent steps and guarantee safe passage on [Mexico's] highways.'
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'We appreciate as always your support and messages of solidarity,' the statement, published in Spanish, reads.
The six-piece Los Ángeles Azules, formed in 1976 in the Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City, is one of Mexico's most popular cumbia exports, having performed at major festivals including Coachella and Vive Latino. They are the first Mexican group to join YouTube's 'Billion Views Club,' with two videos — 'Mis sentimientos' featuring Ximena Sariñana and 'Nunca es suficiente' featuring Natalia Lafourcade – garnering 1.3 and 2.2 billion views, respectively.
Their website states that their next show is on Aug. 23 at Harrah's Ak-Chin Hotel and Casino in Maricopa, Arizona; they are poised to follow that performance up with a set at the Orange County Fair the next day.
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