Latin grammy nominated musical group Los Payasonicos was caught crossing the board at Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge with 200 bricks of cocaine hidden in a secret compartment on their tour bus.
On Sunday, US Customs and Border Patrol searched the private tour bus of musical clown act Los Payasonicos, finding 200 bricks of cocaine, weighing a total of 500lbs. A spokesperson for the US Border Patrol refused to release names of the people on the bus, sighting instructions given by someone higher up the food chain than him.
The bus driver and co-driver were taken in for questioning but cleared and released later on Monday. The singing clowns are undergoing questioning, though no arrests have been made at this time.
Interestingly enough, another bus, very similar to the Los Payasonicos bus, for the Mexican musical group Arnulfo Rey y As pulled into the same border crossing a short time later and was found to be carrying some 600lbs – 700lbs of cocaine. No reports of any sad clowns being arrested at this time.
On a side note, this isn’t the first time Los Payasonicos has had drug related issues. According to a Mexican newspaper, Los Payasonicos has direct ties to Osiel Cardenas and the Gulf Cartel.
Cardenas was arrested in 2003 and it is believed that he still controls much of the drug trade in northeastern Mexico from his jail cell.
How cool is that, a Mexican clown musical act with their own kids show, that was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award, could have ties to the Gulf Drug Cartel. Those are some bad ass clowns!
