[1] In 1999, Mario Quintero received his first four BMI awards for the songs "Es verdad", "El tucanazo", "Secuestro de amor" and "Hacemos bonita pareja".

[10] A year later they recorded the album El papá de los pollitos at the Signature Sound studio in San Diego, California.

At the ceremony, Congressman Rubén Jesús Kihuen declared September 11 as the official day of Los Tucanes de Tijuana and issued a "Certificate of Praise" in honor of their trajectory.

[12] On February 4, 2010, the suit used by Mario Quintero in the band's performances was exhibited at the Grammy Museum in the "Great Latin Stars" display, along with outfits by Celia Cruz, Ricky Martin, Banda el Recodo and Los Tigres del Norte.

[20] In September 2012, the documentary Hecho en México was released, a film directed by British filmmaker Duncan Bridgeman about Mexican cultural diversity, in which the band participated along with other musical exponents of the country such as Molotov, Alejandro Fernández, Gloria Trevi and Rubén Albarrán.

[1] In June 2013 they contributed the song "La canción de Cuco" for the soundtrack of the animated film El Americano: The Movie, directed by Ricardo Arnaiz and Mike Kunkel.

[22] On July the band was recognized as "Ambassador of Norteño Music" at the Mexiga Festival held in the town of Villagarcía de Arosa in Pontevedra, Spain, and a month later they received recognition from the Council of Mexican Federations for their participation in the aforementioned soundtrack and for their support of immigration reform.

[25] Three months later, Quintero participated along with Luis Fonsi and Olga Tañón as one of the judges on the reality show Yo soy el artista, produced by the same network.

[34] In February 2019, Mario Quintero and Alfredo González participated in the eightieth anniversary celebration of Don Cruz Lizárraga's Banda El Recodo.

[38] The same month they participated in #ElEvento40, a rock and pop concert held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City,[39] and in the Semana Santa Festival in Mazatlán.

[40] After appearing in February 2020 at the SAP Center in San Jose, California along with Los Tigres del Norte,[41] in March they performed on the second day of the Vive Latino Festival at the Foro Sol in Mexico City, an event that mainly hosts rock musicians.

The free event, presented by the municipal president Arturo González Cruz,[43] registered an audience of more than 300 000 live spectators and meant the return of the group to the city where they started their musical career after twelve years.