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Malay Mail
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Malay Mail
Kidnapped, killed and dumped: Police nab three more suspects after Fugitivo band lured to death in Mexico
CIUDAD VICTORIA (Mexico), June 3 — Three suspects in the kidnapping and murder of Mexican musicians in Tamaulipas state were arrested during a series of raids, officials said on Monday. The five members of local band Fugitivo had been hired for a weekend performance in the crime-wracked northeastern city of Reynosa, but arrived to find a vacant lot. Their bodies were found several days later after their families reported receiving ransom demands. Investigators said the musicians had been kidnapped on May 25 while driving to a private event. Nine alleged cartel members were arrested last week, with authorities announcing another sting on Monday. 'An operation was carried out on three properties' in Reynosa, the public security office said in a statement, adding that the three suspects had been arrested there. During the operation, weapons, weapons cartridges, cocaine and methamphetamines were also seized, the ministry added. Tamaulipas is considered one of Mexico's most dangerous states due to the presence of gang members involved in drug and migrant trafficking, as well as extortion. Criminal violence has claimed more than 480,000 lives in Mexico since 2006 and left around 120,000 people missing. Mexican musicians have previously been targeted by criminal groups that pay them to compose and perform songs glorifying the exploits of their leaders. — AFP
Free Malaysia Today
03-06-2025
- General
- Free Malaysia Today
3 more suspects arrested in murder of Mexican musicians
Criminal violence has claimed more than 480,000 lives in Mexico since 2006. (AP pic) CIUDAD VICTORIA : Three suspects in the kidnapping and murder of Mexican musicians in Tamaulipas state were arrested during a series of raids, officials said yesterday. The five members of local band Fugitivo had been hired for a weekend performance in the crime-wracked northeastern city of Reynosa, but arrived to find a vacant lot. Their bodies were found several days later after their families reported receiving ransom demands. Investigators said the musicians had been kidnapped on May 25 while driving to a private event. Nine alleged cartel members were arrested last week, with authorities announcing another sting yesterday. 'An operation was carried out on three properties' in Reynosa, the public security office said in a statement, adding that the three suspects had been arrested there. During the operation, weapons, weapons cartridges, cocaine and methamphetamines were also seized, the ministry added. Tamaulipas is considered one of Mexico's most dangerous states due to the presence of gang members involved in drug and migrant trafficking, as well as extortion. Criminal violence has claimed more than 480,000 lives in Mexico since 2006 and left around 120,000 people missing. Mexican musicians have previously been targeted by criminal groups that pay them to compose and perform songs glorifying the exploits of their leaders.
Malay Mail
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Malay Mail
Nine cartel suspects held over murder of five Mexican band members in Tamaulipas
CIUDAD VICTORIA, May 30 — Suspected drug traffickers murdered five Mexican band members who went missing over the weekend after being hired to perform in a crime-wracked northeastern city, authorities said yesterday Nine alleged drug cartel members were arrested on suspicion of killing the musicians, public prosecutor Irving Barrios told a news conference. The announcement came hours after officials said five bodies had been found in the search for the men, who were members of a local band called Fugitivo. Relatives had reported receiving ransom demands for the musicians, aged between 20 and 40 years old, who were last seen on Sunday in Reynosa, in Tamaulipas state, near the US border. The musicians were hired to put on a concert but arrived to find a vacant lot, according to family members who had held a protest urging the authorities to act. Investigators used video surveillance footage and cellphone tracking to establish the musicians' movements, Barrios said. They are believed to have been kidnapped on Sunday night while traveling in a vehicle to a private event, he said. 'Law enforcement arrested nine individuals considered likely responsible for the events. They are known to be members of a criminal cell of the Gulf Cartel,' Barrios added. Nine firearms and two vehicles were seized, he said. Tamaulipas is considered one of Mexico's most dangerous states due to the presence of gang members involved in drug and migrant trafficking, as well as other crimes including extortion. Criminal violence has claimed more than 480,000 lives in Mexico since 2006 and left around 120,000 people missing. Mexican musicians have previously been targeted by criminal groups that pay them to compose and perform songs that glorify the exploits of their leaders. Such performers often live in close proximity to their drug lord patrons, and can at times get caught up in gang turf battles. In 2013, 17 musicians from the group Kombo Kolombia were executed by alleged cartel members in the northeastern state of Nuevo Leon, allegedly because of links to a rival gang. In January this year, a small plane was reported to have dropped pamphlets on a northwestern city threatening around 20 music artists and influencers for alleged dealings with a warring faction of the Sinaloa drug cartel. The popularity of 'narcocorrido' songs glamorizing the criminal underworld has prompted President Claudia Sheinbaum to launch a music competition aimed at creating 'new musical narratives that move away from the glorification of violence.' Several regions in the country have banned 'narcocorridos,' sparking a recent riot during a concert after a singer refused to perform some of his most popular songs. — AFP
Daily Mail
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Nun goes viral for shocking performance on Catholic TV channel
A pair of music-loving nuns have found a way to attract the youth to the church while helping those who are bouncing back from drug addiction. Sisters Marizele Rego, 44, and Marisa de Neves, 41, went viral after they performed their beatboxing routine during an interview on TV Pai Eterno last Tuesday. The holy servants were promoting a weekend retreat and took center stage at the Catholic television network's studio as Rego sang her song, 'Vocação de Amar e Servir' [Vocation to Love and Serve] and began to beatbox. De Neves fulfilled her backup dancer duties by 'two-stepping' before Deacon Giovane Basto joined in the fun. The clip of the impromptu performance has drawn more than 4 million views on Instagram. 'We went to promote the vocational retreat and since the presenter already knew the talent, she asked us to give a 'hint,' Rego told Brazilian news outlet G1. 'We know it's something of the moment, our real and daily life continues!' The sisters belong to the Copius Redemption Congregation in Ponta Grossa, a city in the southern state of Paraná, and dedicate their time to helping drug addicts, especially young people. Somewhere along the way they discovered that music was the pathway to assisting people recover from their addictions. 'For this audience, our more relaxed, more joyful way of being, beatboxing, dancing, music, are essential for us to create bonds and bonds in a process like this are extremely important,' Rego said. The melodies run through the nun's veins. 'Music has always been a part of my life, through my grandfather, who was a guitarist, especially traditional music,' said Rego, who graduated from college with a degree in veterinary medicine. She fell in love with singing after deciding to test her voice during a mass at her local church over two decades ago. 'At the age of 19, I was invited to sing the psalm at a mass, which said 'Oh Lord, I will sing your love forever'. I never stopped!' said Rego, who has more than 109,000 followers on Instagram. Sister de Neves' love for the arts date back to her days as a young girl when she took dancing classes and then joined youth group at her church. 'I have always loved dancing and in the convent I can live this gift that God gave me,' she said. The Copius Redemption Congregation was certainly impressed. 'The message was clear: consecrated life is joyful, lively and profoundly human,' the church said in a statement. 'Two missionaries who bear witness to a faith that sings, dances and evangelizes with the heart.'
New York Times
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Two Decades After Her Death, Celia Cruz Lives On for Her Fans
Celia Cruz reigned for decades as the 'Queen of Salsa,' with her signature shout of '¡Azúúúcar!' expressing in Spanish her music's brand of joy and optimism. Twenty-two years after her death, the Cuban powerhouse singer still captivates her fans. The petite woman with a raspy voice wore tight, glittering dresses and colorful wigs and danced in high heels while singing her hit Spanish-language songs such as 'La negra tiene tumbao' and 'Ríe y llora.' Born Oct. 21, 1925, Ms. Cruz began her career in Cuba in 1940 and continued it in exile, producing more than 70 international albums and winning multiple Grammy Awards and Latin Grammys. She moved to New York in 1961, and brought her musical Cuban roots and mixed them with Puerto Rican and later Dominican rhythms, helping to usher the birth of salsa as a popular Latino genre in the United States. 'When people hear me sing,' she said in an interview with The New York Times in 1985, 'I want them to be happy, happy, happy. I don't want them thinking about when there's not any money, or when there's fighting at home. My message is always 'felicidad' — happiness.' Ms. Cruz died in 2003 at her longtime home in Fort Lee, N.J., from complications after a surgery for a brain tumor. She was 77. Following a tour of her coffin in Miami, masses of fans honored her at a public viewing in New York City. More than two decades later, her message still resonates, and she remains relevant in what would have been her birth's centennial this year. She has remained specially visible in Miami, where many Cuban exiles and their children revere her, and the sound of bongo drums are heard in private and public celebrations. 'I see Celia Cruz not only as a legendary performer but as an enduring symbol of cultural memory, resilience and diasporic pride,' Karen S. Veloz, a Cuban American music professor at Florida International University in Miami, said in an interview. 'She stands as a cultural icon whose music traverses generations, political borders and languages.' And beyond Miami, Ms. Cruz has maintained a digital audience too, with more than 6 million monthly listeners on Spotify and her official YouTube channel garnering about 493,000 subscribers. Here are some of the different ways that the grande dame of salsa, also referred to simply as Celia by her fans, has been honored recently. The Celia Bobblehead For a home baseball game on May 14, the Miami Marlins gave away 8,000 bobbleheads of Celia Cruz as part of the organization's annual Cuban Heritage Day. The doll featured a smiling Ms. Cruz holding a microphone and wearing a blue ruffled dress. As part of the ticket package, the team sold commemorative baseball jerseys with her image that were designed by a Miami artist known as Disem305. The team also hosted Lucrecia, a Celia Cruz tribute singer, who threw the ceremonial first pitch and performed her songs. A New Mural in Miami Artwork in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami captures Ms. Cruz's incandescent smile and her joie de vivre, with two portraits set to a backdrop in teal and pink. 'As an artist and a huge salsa and Celia Cruz fan, this is a huge honor for me,' its creator, Disem305, said of the mural, which measures 11-feet high and 45-feet wide. 'On the right side of the wall, there's a younger Celia with the Freedom Tower standing tall behind her to represent the Cuban community here in Miami,' he said, referring to the Miami landmark where many Cuban refugees arrived in the 1960s and '70s. 'On the left side, there's a portrait of an older, more mature Celia — the one that comes to mind when most of us hear her name — with her huge, contagious smile.' He said he was commissioned by the Marlins to design the mural and the commemorative jersey. A Commemorative Coin Ms. Cruz became the first Afro-Latina to appear on American quarters as part of the 2024 U.S. Mint's American Woman Quarters collection, which honored a diverse group of notable American women in a variety of fields. The U.S. Mint described Ms. Cruz as a 'cultural icon, and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century.' The quarter's tail shows her dazzling smile as she performs in a rumba-style dress. '¡Azúcar!' — which means 'Sugar!' — is inscribed on the right. A Posthumous Award In April, Ms. Cruz was posthumously honored with a 'Legend Award' at the Billboard Latin Women in Music gala in Miami. A montage highlighted her early days in Cuba as she broke gender barriers in a male-dominated industry, eventually elevating Afro-Cuban sounds on global stages. 'Celia Cruz made her life a carnival with a voice that seemed out of this world,' the singer Joya said on the show. The Puerto Rican performers Ivy Queen, La India and Olga Tañón paid tribute to Ms. Cruz by singing a medley of her songs. '¡Qué viva la reina!' La India shouted to the audience and viewers. Celia on Exhibit From January to February, the Museum of Art and Design at Miami Dade College celebrated the singer with the exhibit 'Celia Cruz: Work.' The exhibit, which included videos, posters and Ms. Cruz's wigs and gowns, drew more than 400 people to the Hialeah campus, museum officials said. Pinecrest Gardens, a lush botanical oasis south of Miami, also remembered Ms. Cruz in January with a celebration that included a concert series featuring musicians. As part of the reopening after restoration of the Freedom Tower, which is operated by Miami Dade College, officials will host a Freedom Tower Family Day on Oct. 11 for visitors 'to experience Celia's story' through readings, art activities and performances. 'She is not only a global icon,' María Carla Chicuén, a college spokeswoman, said in a statement, 'but a cherished figure in Miami, whose life and legacy are deeply intertwined with the history of the Freedom Tower.'
