Last Monday, April 7, to the group The cheerful of the ravine, Song authors The palenque, The entrance to the United States was prohibited to a measure unprecedentedaccording to the American television channel CNNbecause it raises “very worrying issues about the Freedom of expression “ In the nation.
According to him State Department of the United States, the main agency of the US government responsible for international relations and foreign policy of the nation, the transgression of the group was “Glorify a drug boss In his songs. ”In this case, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, better known as The Mencho.
This group is known internationally for several of its Narcocorridosname with which the ballads are called about the underworld of the drug traffickingso the group usually faces various issues with Mexican authorities when interpreting these songs In some Mexico City.
Currently, narcocorridos are criticized For a large part of the American population, because the feats of the leaders of the cartels Mexicans, great criminal organizations that are often dedicated to illegal activities such as the traffic of narcotics, weapons and people, money laundering and extortion.
Trump against narcocorridos
The measure of the State Department ended the plans of the cheerful of the ravine to make a tour for the territory of the United States and also turned them into the object of a investigation penalty in Mexico, considering that the Jalisco cartel It is one of the six organizations that Donald Trump cataloged like Terrorists.
This US government agency withdrew the visa to all members of the Mexican group and, according to the Undersecretary of State, Christopher Landau: “The last thing that the United States needs is to become a new welcome carpet for all those people who They extol to criminals and terrorists. ”
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“In the administration of President Donald Trump we take our responsibility very seriously on the access of these foreigners to our country,” Landau added. Therefore, this message in X has become a kind of warning For the other groups Latin American that also specialize in singing narcocorridos.
The American television channel CNN points out that the growing pressure by the Republican to take more measures drastic against cartels “has fed a new wave of prohibitions”To the public interpretation of narcocorridos in the American nation, so several bands have begun to self -control.
The American guitarist and historian Elijah Wald assured in his social networks that it was the first time that the State Department “punishes a Latin American group”, so it considers that it is “one last measure” directed directly against Mexico by the administration of President Trump.
“These bands had been saved so far because no one spoke Spanish. And when I say anyone, I mean people who are imposing this type of measures. Obviously, the revocation of visas has very little to do with the Narcocorridos. Has to do with a policy of Visas revocation”Wald added.
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