Transcript Narco-Ballads

Jaime Frausto-Cerna
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Juan Cortina - Oscar Chavez
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el corrido de gregorio cortes - los hermanos
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“tequilero" ballads of the Prohibition era in the
1930s
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Contrabando y Traición - Los Tigres del Norte
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Sanguinarios del M1 - Movimiento Alterado
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Before: Private parties or in bars.
Present: Streets, Markets, Night Clubs, houses,
cars, parties, concerts.
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The Labor Ministry said in a press release that the
increase brings to 67.29 pesos ($5.18) a day the
minimum wage in zone A, which includes Mexico
City. The minimum wage is slightly lower in other
geographic zones.
"Narco Babies" blared the fat headlines of
a Mexico City afternoon tabloid over a story about
children as young as 8 involved in the distribution
of drugs on the streets of the capital.
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Money
Guns
Cars
Woman
Mexicans glamorize the narco-traffickers as
outlaws in fame and money. Musicians are
largely responsible for the image that
complicates the life-and-death hazards of
the Drug War.
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El Halcón de la Sierra, Fabián Ortega Piñón, age 28, died of
several gunshot wounds
Sergio Gómez, lead singer for K-Paz de la Sierra, was
kidnapped and tortured.
Carlos Ocaranza Rodríguez, El Loco Elizalde
Sergio Vega, better known as El Shaka
NARCO-TRAFFICKER
NARCO-CORRIDISTA
In the US the market for
Mexican regional music,
including narco corridos,
is worth about $300
million a year
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Los Tigres' classic album
“Jefe De Jefes” is certified
RIAA Platinum for selling
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in the US alone.
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