{"id":270507,"date":"2026-04-28T23:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/270507\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T23:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:41:10","slug":"kacey-musgraves-taps-mariachi-brothers-detained-by-ice-to-open-texas-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/270507\/","title":{"rendered":"Kacey Musgraves Taps Mariachi Brothers Detained by ICE to Open Texas Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kacey Musgraves<\/a> has tapped a trio of mariachi-playing brothers, who were detained by ICE earlier this year, to open three of her shows in Texas next month.<\/p>\n

The G\u00e1mez-Cu\u00e9llar brothers, Antonio, Caleb, and Joshua, will support Musgrave May 3 to May 5 at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels, Texas. The gigs are part of Musgraves\u2019 upcoming Middle of Nowhere<\/a> tour, and tickets for the shows go on sale Wednesday, April 29, at 10 a.m. central.<\/p>\n

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The brothers, aged 12 to 18, were arrested alongside their parents at a scheduled court check-in in February. The family had fled from cartel members in Mexico and entered the United States through an asylum claim in 2023, putting down fresh roots in McAllen, Texas.<\/p>\n

Both Antonio and Caleb are part of Mariachi Oro, the award-winning mariachi band at their high school; and Antonio is recognized as the top mariachi trumpet player in the state of Texas. Youngest sibling Joshua is also a mariachi musician.<\/p>\n

The family\u2019s detention sparked widespread outcry in Texas against the Trump administration\u2019s deportation policy. The family was released in early March.<\/p>\n

Musgraves announced the line-up news on Instagram, sharing a poster for the upcoming shows. Aside from being a vocal Trump critic, Musgraves recently told NPR<\/a> about wanting to spotlight Tejano music and mariachi musicians on her new album Middle of Nowhere<\/a>, which arrives May 1.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this modern time that we\u2019re in, I really want to go an extra mile to really show the Mexican culture that I really deeply appreciate it, that I see it, and that it matters.\u201d Musgraves said in March. \u201cUltimately, in ways that I wasn\u2019t even aware of, [has] influenced me as a person, who I am and the music that I make today.\u201d<\/p>\n

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