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A popular Mexican group was sentenced to a fine of more than $ 36,000 for interpreting songs glorifying the drug cartels, authorities in the north of Chihuahua announced on Wednesday.
During a performance by Los Tucanes de Tijuana on Saturday, nearly a third of their songs were “Narcocorrido“Glamourating drug traffickers, according to the head of the city Pedro Oliva.
The songs “glorified the crime or alluded to the perpetrators of illegal acts,” said Oliva in a television interview.
Los Tucanes was forbidden to occur in their hometown of Tijuana from 2008 to 2023 for alleged cries of two drug traffickers during a concert.
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Several states across the country have imposed restrictions on the controversial sub-genre of regional music, which develops rapidly, even beyond the borders of Mexico. In April, the ban triggered a riot During a concert after a singer refused to play some of his most popular songs.
Peso Pluma, who mixes corridos with rap and hip-hop, was the most broad-spread artist in the world in 2024, according to Spotify.
President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected the idea of prohibiting the “narcocorridos”, preferring to launch a music competition “for peace and against dependencies” to counter the influence of drug culture among young people.
Two months ago, the United States revoked the visas of the Los Alegres del Barranco group for having shown Images of a sought -after drug lord During a concert.
“I firmly believe in freedom of expression, but that does not mean that the expression should be exempt from consequences,” said Christopher Landau. said at the time. “The last thing we need is a welcome carpet for people who praise criminals and terrorists.”
At the end of May, the members of Grupo firm canceled a concert In the United States, saying that their visas were under “administrative review” by the Embassy of U..s.
Mexico musicians are sometimes taken themselves in the violence of the cartel. Last month, the Body of five Mexican musicians From the Grupo Fugitivo group, were found in Reynosa along the Texas border. At least nine alleged members of the cartel were arrested and later Drugs and weapons have been seized As part of the murders.
In January of this year, a small plane would have dropped brochures in a city in the northwest threatening around 20 musical artists and influencers for alleged relations with a war faction of the Sinaloa drug cartel.
In 2018, armed men kidnapped two members of the musical group “Los Norteños de Río Bravo”, whose bodies were then found on the federal road connecting Reynosa to Río Bravo, Tamaulipas.
In 2013, 17 musicians from the Kombo Kolombia group were executed by alleged members of the cartel in the northeast state of Nuevo Leon, due to links with a rival gang.
