The group La Apuesta was started in 1993 in the city of México. The founders of this group are the brothers Henry and John Marry originating in the Sierra Juarez, Oaxaca, a land that gave birth to the Hero of the Americas: Don Benito Juárez García. Exactly the picturesque town called Santiago Xiacui, Zapotec dialect which means "Hill where he sings the hawk" and is located in the Sierra Norte. In its musical history La Apuesta Group has eleven productions which arise hits like: Hold me and forgive me