A preferred Mexican musician who sang the praises of drug lords was shot useless in a car parking zone within the west of the nation, police stated late Tuesday.
Ernesto Barajas, a singer with the group Enigma Norteno, which has 4 million month-to-month listeners on Spotify, was gunned down within the metropolis of Zapopan in Jalisco state.
He’s amongst a number of performers of so-called “narco-corridos” — a controversial sub-genre of regional music that celebrates the exploits of notorious drug cartels — to have been killed in current months. In Might, 5 members of the group Fugitivo had been murdered by suspected drug traffickers in Tamaulipas state. Their our bodies had been discovered a number of days after their households reported receiving ransom calls for.
Police stated two males approached Barajas by bike in a car parking zone on Tuesday and opened fireplace on him. One other man died within the assault and a lady was injured within the leg, they stated.
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Enigma Norteno’s repertoire features a music devoted Nemesio Rubén “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, chief of the Jalisco New Technology Cartel (CJNG), one among Mexico’s greatest drug trafficking organizations. The U.S. authorities has supplied a $15 million reward for info resulting in his seize.
The group additionally has a monitor known as “Los Chapitos,” after the sons of infamous drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, at the moment serving life imprisonment in the US. The Chapitos have used corkscrews, electrocution and scorching chiles to torture their rivals whereas a few of their victims had been “fed useless or alive to tigers,” in keeping with an indictment launched by the U.S. Justice Division.
Mexican prison teams pay musicians to compose and carry out songs that glorify their exploits.
Generally the singers get caught up in turf wars.
Mexican media stated that Barajas had obtained threats from the CJNG previously.
A number of areas within the nation have banned “narco-corridos,” sparking a current riot throughout a live performance after a singer refused to carry out a few of his hottest songs.
In current months, the Trump administration has revoked the visas of a slew of artists associated to the style. In Might, the well-known northern Mexican band Grupo Firme, which has taken steps to distance itself from the cartel-centric themes of the style, introduced it must cancel an upcoming present in California as a result of its visas had been suspended.
In April, the administration stated it was revoking the visas of the band Alegres de Barranco after they flashed the face of “El Mencho” behind them at a live performance, prompting an issue and even prison investigations in Mexico. In June, the band launched an anti-narco music in a bid to clear its identify.
Earlier this month, the Trump administration sanctioned Mexican musician Ricardo Hernández, generally known as “El Makabelico,” over allegations that the artist was laundering cash for a drug cartel.
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