US EditionLos Alegres del Barranco Accused of Allegedly Glorifying Drug Trafficking by Jalisco State Prosecutor’s Office
- The group Los Alegres del Barranco is under investigation by Jalisco authorities following their March 29 performance at the University of Guadalajara auditorium.
- Authorities began investigating the group due to alleged glorification of crime by projecting images of cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes during their performances.
- Legal proceedings target the band members, their manager, and the concert promoter, who must pay a collective bond of 1.8 million pesos and face travel restrictions within Jalisco.
- According to Jalisco’s criminal law, publicly praising or encouraging criminal acts can result in a prison sentence of up to six months, which experts indicate may be served outside of jail if a judge permits it.
- The case sets a regional precedent amid ongoing investigations involving multiple performances and highlights differing official positions on narcocorridos and crime advocacy.
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Yakima Herald-RepublicMexico: Los Alegres del Barranco charged with condoning crime for using the image of a cartel leader
In recent years prohibitions against “narcocorridos” have been adopted in the northern states of Chihuahua, Baja California and Nayarit. Recently, the State of Mexico, Querétaro, Mexico, Michoacán and Aguascalientes have joined.
Sheinbaum reacts after imputation to Los Alegres del Barranco: ‘More than banning, it’s guiding’
President Claudia Sheinbaum reiterated her position against the prohibition of narco-corridos, after the State Prosecutor’s Office of Jalisco (FEJ) charged on Tuesday with the members of the musical group Los Alegres del Barranco, for alleged advocacy of the crime during a concert. The performers of ‘The owner of the palenque‘ expressly mentioned and projected images of ‘El Mencho’ on March 29 in the municipality of Zapopan, Jalisco, where the a…
Los Alegres del Barranco Accused of Allegedly Glorifying Drug Trafficking by Jalisco State Prosecutor’s Office
Mexican band Los Alegres del Barranco has been charged by the Fiscalía del Estado de Jalisco (Jalisco State Prosecutor’s Office) for allegedly advocating crime. Authorities in the Mexican state are investigating the band after projecting images of a criminal leader while performing the song “El del Palenque” during a concert on 29 March at an auditorium of the University of Guadalajara. Now, a judge will determine whether or not to initiate le…
Judge charges musicians from Los Alegres del Barranco with condoning crime
By Ivonne Valdés, CNN en Español The Jalisco Attorney General's Office reported that a judge charged the members of the musical group Los Alegres del Barranco with sympathizing with crime, after the group displayed photographs and performed lyrics alluding to a leader of a Mexican criminal organization during one of their concerts in the state. In a statement released Tuesday, the agency added that the representative of the company that manages …
La Jornada
horacero.com.mxLos Alegres del Barranco is charged for alleged advocacy of the crime
Guadalajara, Jal., Members of the musical group Los Alegres del Barranco, its representative and its promoter were charged yesterday in criminal court 16 based in Puente Grande for alleged advocacy of the crime, after the Jalisco Prosecutor's Office requested its connection to the proceedings.
Jalisco's Prosecutor's Office Charges Los Alegres del Barranco for Advocacy of Drug Trafficking · Global Voices
The Jalisco Public Prosecutor's Office has accused Los Alegres del Barranco for advocating crime. The musical group is investigated for projecting images alluding to Nemesio Oseguera, El Mencho, leader of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), and Joaquín Guzmán Loera, El Chapo, former head of the Sinaloa Cartel, during a concert last March at the TelMex auditorium, in the municipality of Zapopan (Jalisco). With the evidence presented, the …
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