The measures against narcocorridos could reach mayors in Jalisco, due to the concerts Los Alegres del Barranco performed this weekend in the city.
On Saturday, May 3, the musical group performed at the Monumental Plaza de Toros in the municipality of Cihuatlán. That day, the lyrics of a corrido alluding to “El Doble R,” the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), were projected onto the stage.
Although the members did not sing the song themselves, the audience began to sing along to the narcocorrido, as if it were karaoke. Something similar happened the following day.
On Sunday, May 4, Los Alegres del Barranco performed at the Lienzo Charro Mario Orendain, located in the municipality of Tequila. That night, the musicians played their instruments while the audience sang a corrido about Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.
Los Alegres del Barranco performed karaoke to “El del Palenque,” a reference to El Mencho, leader of the CJNG (National Criminal Investigation Unit). (TikTok: aramat_garmon)
For both shows, the Deputy Prosecutor’s Office for Specialized Investigations into Social Concertation unofficially opened two investigation files, considering the songs in question to be an apology for crime.
Before their performances, the governor of Jalisco, Pablo Lemus Navarro, informed the media about the possible repercussions of the mayors of Cihuatlán and Tequila—Apolonio de Jesús Pelayo and Diego Rivera, respectively—allowing the performance of narcocorridos in their municipalities.
According to his statements released on May 1, Lemus Navarro submitted an initiative to the state Congress to prohibit the promotion of crime in any public event. To achieve this, the parties involved would be subject to signing a commitment.
If the mayors do not comply with the instructions, Lemus Navarro warned that they could be investigated and summoned to testify before the corresponding authorities.
“If there are municipal presidents who allow these artists to perform and promote crime (because this group’s performance is scheduled for this weekend), those municipal presidents will be called by the Jalisco State Attorney General’s Office to testify, to determine whether or not they signed this agreement with the music producers, as we requested and demanded,” he stated.
“If they did not, then these municipal presidents would be subject to investigation for participating in promoting crime,” he added.
Lemus Navarro primarily referred to the mayors of Cihuatlán and Tequila, due to the performance Los Alegres del Barranco had scheduled for May 3 and 4.
“This weekend, Los Alegres del Barranco have performances in different municipalities in Jalisco. And if those mayors allow it and don’t require the producers to sign this commitment, the mayors themselves will be subject to investigation,” he warned.
After what happened, on May 6, Los Alegres del Barranco appeared before the 16th Court of Puente Grande. This was part of the investigation into the concert they gave at the end of March at the Telmex Auditorium (a separate case from that of Cihuatlán and Tequila).
On that occasion, Governor Lemus Navarro criticized what happened in both municipalities and stated that the mayors could be summoned to testify before the state prosecutor’s office.
“This narco-karaoke they organized over the weekend only serves as a defense of crime. I have recommended that the prosecutor call the mayors who allowed this to testify. In other words, the mayors of Cihuatlán and Tequila should come forward to answer our demands,” the governor stated, according to El Occidental.
Despite these measures, Lemus Navarro has reiterated on a couple of occasions that he is not seeking to ban any musical genre in Jalisco; all he wants is to prevent the defense of crime at public events, referring to narcocorridos.
Source: infobae
