{"id":8526,"date":"2025-06-05T11:08:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T11:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/05\/popular-band-fined-36000-for-performing-songs-glorifying-mexican-drug-cartels\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T11:09:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T11:09:00","slug":"popular-band-fined-36000-for-performing-songs-glorifying-mexican-drug-cartels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/05\/popular-band-fined-36000-for-performing-songs-glorifying-mexican-drug-cartels\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular band fined $36,000 for performing songs glorifying Mexican drug cartels"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A popular Mexican band has been fined more than $36,000 for performing songs glorifying drug cartels, authorities in the northern city of Chihuahua announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n

At a Los Tucanes de Tijuana performance on Saturday, nearly a third of their songs were\u00a0“narcocorridos<\/a><\/span>” glamorizing drug traffickers, according to city official Pedro Oliva.<\/p>\n

The songs “glorified crime or alluded to the perpetrators of illegal acts,” Oliva said in a television interview.<\/p>\n

Los Tucanes were banned from performing in their home city Tijuana from 2008 to 2023 for alleged shoutouts to two drug traffickers during a concert.<\/p>\n

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Los Tucanes de Tijuana attend The 23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards at Michelob ULTRA Arena on November 17, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Several states across the country have imposed restrictions on the controversial subgenre of regional music, which is growing rapidly, even beyond Mexico’s borders. In April, the ban sparked a riot<\/a><\/span>\u00a0during a concert after a singer refused to perform some of his most popular songs.<\/p>\n

Peso Pluma, who blends corridos with rap and hip-hop, was the seventh most-streamed artist in the world in 2024, according to Spotify.<\/p>\n

President Claudia Sheinbaum has rejected the idea of banning “narcocorridos,” preferring to launch a music competition “for peace and against addictions” to counter the influence of drug culture among young people.<\/p>\n

Two months ago, the United States revoked the visas of the band Los Alegres del Barranco for showing images of a wanted drug lord<\/a><\/span> during a concert.<\/p>\n

“I’m a firm believer in freedom of expression, but that doesn’t mean that expression should be free of consequences,” U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau\u00a0said at the time<\/a>. “The last thing we need is a welcome mat for people who extol criminals and terrorists.”<\/p>\n

At the end of May, members of Grupo Firme canceled a concert<\/a><\/span> in the United States, saying their visas were under “administrative review” by the U..S embassy.<\/p>\n

Musicians in Mexico sometimes get caught up in cartel violence themselves. Last month, \u00a0the\u00a0bodies of five Mexican musicians<\/a><\/span>\u00a0from the band Grupo Fugitivo, were found in Reynosa along the Texas border. At least nine alleged cartel members were arrested and later drugs and weapons were seized<\/a><\/span> in connection to the murders.<\/p>\n

In January this year, a small plane was reported to have dropped pamphlets on a northwestern city threatening around 20 music artists and influencers for alleged dealings with a warring faction of the Sinaloa drug cartel. \u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2018, armed men kidnapped two members of the musical group “Los Norte\u00f1os de R\u00edo Bravo,” whose bodies were later found on the federal highway connecting Reynosa to R\u00edo Bravo, Tamaulipas.<\/p>\n

In 2013, 17 musicians from the group Kombo Kolombia were executed by alleged cartel members in the northeastern state of Nuevo Leon, allegedly because of links to a rival gang.<\/p>\n

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