The team was founded in 2020 and played their home games at Don Koll Stadium in Cabo San Lucas.
[3][4] For the 2021 season, they hired César Martínez as their head coach and signed Darryl Render as defensive end, who was Aaron Donald's replacement at Pittsburgh.
For the 2022 season, the Cabo Marlins made key acquisitions by signing former NFL starting running back Antonio Andrews[5] and former Iowa State defensive lineman Kamilo Tongamoa.
[6] The team lost the first two games of the regular season before achieving its historic first win over the Pioneros de Querétaro at home.
After the dissolution of FAM in September 2022, the Marlins expressed interest in joining the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional, the top league in Mexico.