The group, one of the most Important from the Northern Genrewas presented at the Santa Rita Fair Last Saturday and dedicated a third of his repertoire to the Narcocorridos.
Those interpretations “They made crime or allusion to authors of illicit acts“Pedro Oliva, deputy director of Chihuahua governorateCapital of the homonymous state.
The Tucanes de Tijuana They are the greatest exponents of Narcocorridosmusical compositions whose lyrics They exalt criminal bosses.
As the popularity of the genre grows, several Mexican states have banned them, which includes their Public diffusion.
The Tucanes They were vetoed in 2008 in the border city that gave them name for an alleged greeting to two drug traffickers During a concert, but they returned home in 2023.
In 2024 Pen weightinterpreter Corridos lying that mix notes of rap and hip hopwon the Grammy to the best album Mexican regional music.
The President Claudia Sheinbaum rejects the prohibition of Narcocorridos And instead he launched a Binational Music Contest “For peace and against addictions“, Seeking to counteract the influence of these expressions between youths of Mexico and USA.
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Subgenre musicians have also been the target of violence of the racketeering.
On Thursday the bodies of five were found members of the Fugitive Musical Groupthat days before they had disappeared in Tamaulipas (Northeast). The crime was awarded to the Gulf Cartel, designated as “terrorist organization” by the US government of Donald Trump In February.
The administration of Trump has taken actions against some Corridos bands.
Two months ago he revoked the visa to the members of The cheerful of the ravineafter in a recital they disseminated images of the Nemesio Oseguera capo, aka El Mencho, for whom Washington offers US $ 15 million.
At the end of May, Firm group canceled a concert in USA Because the embassy of that country submitted to review the visas of its members.