Kombo Kolombia was big-15 or 16 men strong-but still far from mighty. The 3-year-old band had gained a following in its home base of Monterrey in Northern Mexico, near the Texas border, with its brand of norteño-infused Colombian cumbia, but the band was far from a household name, even in Mexico itself.

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