BPM Festival Massacre Unsolved After Eight Years

Eight years have passed since the tragic events at the BPM Festival in Playa del Carmen, where seven people were killed and 15 others injured. The incident occurred on January 16, 2017, during the festival’s final day at the now-closed Blue Parrot bar. Despite the passage of time, the individuals responsible for this heinous act remain at large.

The BPM festival was reportedly used by the Canadian criminal organization, “Hell Angels”, to launder millions of dollars from drug trafficking, in collaboration with local criminal groups.

The case file for the BPM massacre, number 37/2017, has been classified until 2027. This has led to speculation that authorities may be shielding the actual culprits of the massacre, which marked its eighth anniversary this past Thursday.

Throughout this period, Miguel Angel Pech Cen, Oscar Montes de Oca and Raciel López Salazar, appear to have provided complete protection and impunity to those responsible. This includes former officials and criminals.

Today marks eight years of impunity for the massacre at the BPM electronic music festival. Despite the horrific nature of the event and the passage of time under three different prosecutors, the true culprits have not been found. This is largely due to the lack of clarity surrounding the events, which involved members of organized crime and former municipal officials.

The massacre was a turning point in drug-related violence in Playa del Carmen. However, the culprits have not been brought to justice. This is largely due to the actions of prosecutor Raciel López Salazar and his predecessors, Oscar Montes de Oca and Miguel Ángel Pech Cen. They have failed to clarify the events, which involved not only organized crime members but also former municipal officials.

Around 2:00 a.m. on Monday, January 16, 2017, The Blue Parrot bar, the main location for the tenth edition of the BPM festival, was packed with over a thousand people, mostly foreign tourists. It was then that hitmen from the criminal organization “Los Zetas, Old School” attacked the person in charge of the musical event, sparking a bloody massacre. The attack allegedly occurred because the event organizers would not allow their drug dealers access as the Gulf Cartel (CDG) had this concession.