Authorities did not say why the musicians from the band Grupo Fugitivo were slain, and did not deny reports by local media that the bodies had been burned.

The bodies of five musicians, members of a Mexican regional music group who had gone missing, were found in the northern city of Reynosa, along the Texas border, authorities said on Thursday.

The bodies of five musicians from the Mexican regional band Grupo Fugitivo have been discovered in Reynosa, a northern city along the Texas border, authorities announced on Thursday.