Why Narcocorridos Are Controversial in Mexico – Banned in Several States

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Narcocorridos, or drug ballads, have been around for a long time in Mexico. But in recent years their popularity has grown, while the music has become increasingly controversial. It is now banned in parts of the country.

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Irapuato, Gto.- The narco-corridos have been involved in multiple criticisms for their advocacy of crime and violence, however they have now proven to be useful because thanks to these was identified a local leader of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG), it is Marco Ramírez Chávez, alias ‘El Chacorta’. An investigation published by the media El Norte published the relationship that was made between the musical narratives and the trial of …