Authorities in the northern city of Chihuahua announced on Wednesday that a well-known Mexican band had been fined more than $ 36, 000 for their music.
Nearly a third of the band’s songs were “narcocorridos,” glamorizing drug traffickers, at a Los Tucanes de Tijuana performance on Saturday, according to city official Pedro Oliva.
In a television interview, Oliva referred to the songs as “glorified crime or alluded to the criminals who committed illegal acts.”
Los Tucanes were prohibited from performing in Tijuana, where they grew up, from 2008 to 2023 because of alleged yells at two drug traffickers.
The contentious subgenre of regional music is rapidly expanding outside of Mexico’s borders in a number of states across the nation.
According to Spotify, Peso Pluma, who combines corridos with rap and hip-hop, was the seventh most-streamed artist in the world in 2024.
In order to combat the influence of drug culture on young people, President Claudia Sheinbaum has rejected the idea of outlawing “narcocorridos.” Sheinbaum prefers to launch a music competition “for peace and against addictions.”
Los Alegres del Barranco’s visas were suspended by the US two months ago because they displayed images of a wanted drug lord at a concert.
Source: Channels TV
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