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The U.S. State Department revoked the visas of members of a Mexican set aft they projected the look of a drug cartel boss onto a ample surface during a show successful the occidental authorities of Jalisco implicit the weekend.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, who was U.S. ambassador to Mexico during the archetypal Trump administration, said precocious Tuesday connected societal media that the enactment and tourism visas of members of Los Alegres del Barranco were revoked.
The visa revocations travel wide outrage successful Mexico implicit the performance arsenic prosecutors successful 2 states person launched investigations into the projected images, and a larger nationalist reckoning implicit however to code the emergence of a fashionable philharmonic genre criticized for romanticizing cause cartels.
"I'm a steadfast believer successful state of expression, but that doesn't mean that look should beryllium escaped of consequences," Landau wrote connected X. "The past happening we request is simply a invited mat for radical who extol criminals and terrorists."
The contention broke retired implicit the play erstwhile the look of Nemesio Rubén "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes layered implicit flames was projected down the band, primitively hailing from Sinaloa, during the concert. Finger pointing ensued among the band, performance producers and the venue.
Oseguera is the person of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, which has been connected to a ranch authorities accidental was utilized to train cartel recruits and perchance dispose of bodies successful Jalisco, wherever searchers recovered quality bony fragments, heaps of covering and shoes. The U.S. authorities has offered a $15 cardinal reward for accusation starring to Oseguera's capture. In November, his son-in-law was arrested successful California after U.S. officials accidental helium faked his ain decease to "live a beingness of luxury" northbound of the border.
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The Jalisco cartel is among different transgression groups successful Mexico that person been designated arsenic overseas violent organizations by the Trump administration.
While the representation was met by applause during the concert, Jalisco prosecutors rapidly announced they were summoning the set to attest successful an probe into whether they were promoting violence, a transgression which could effect successful a punishment of up to six months successful prison. The authorities of Michoacan besides announced an probe into the Los Alegres del Barranco for projecting the aforesaid images during a performance successful the metropolis of Uruapan.
Jalisco Gov. Pablo Lemus said that the authorities would prohibition philharmonic performances that glorify violence, adding that violators would "face monetary and transgression sanctions."
"We cognize that outrage is not enough," Lemus said. "Of people it's imaginable to prohibition (the music)."
Since, a fig of the band's aboriginal shows person been cancelled, 1 town's authorities saying that the amusement "didn't person the municipal permissions needed" to transportation retired the performance.
Pavel Moreno, the band's accordion subordinate and back-up singer, didn't respond to questions by fans asking if his visa had been revoked, simply thanking them for enactment and saying that "everything is fine."
The set was scheduled to play successful Tulsa, Oklahoma connected April 4. While the lawsuit hasn't been publically cancelled, summons income websites read: "No tickets disposable for present connected our site" for that date.
"You can't warrant unit oregon transgression groups"
The quality coincides with a larger taste statement successful Mexico arsenic artists similar Peso Pluma, Fuerza Regida and Natanael Cano usher successful a planetary renaissance of Mexican determination music, by mixing classical ballads with trap music. In 2023, Peso Pluma bushed Taylor Swift retired arsenic the astir streamed creator connected YouTube.
Many of the artists present topping the charts person travel nether fierce disapproval due to the fact that their lyrics often overgarment cartel leaders arsenic Robin Hood-esque figures. Others accidental that the genre, known arsenic "narco corridos," expresses the harsh realities of galore youths crossed Mexico.
A fig of Mexican states person banned nationalist performances of the euphony successful caller years, the astir caller being the authorities of Nayarit successful February. Some of the bans person travel arsenic famed artists person received decease threats from cartels, forcing a fig of them to cancel their performances.
Others, including Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum, person sought a little assertive attack to addressing the genre. Sheinbaum, who has travel retired against censoring the music, has suggested alternatively that the Mexican authorities propulsion guardant initiatives that beforehand Mexican determination euphony with much socially acceptable lyrics.
The Mexican person did harden her connection connected the taxable pursuing the Los Alegres del Barranco concert. In her greeting quality briefing this week, Sheinbaum demanded an probe into the concert, saying: "You can't warrant unit oregon transgression groups."
In December, videos posted connected societal media from a municipality successful the occidental authorities of Michoacan, showed a motion astatine a Christmas just thanking the Jalisco cartel's leader for the gifts.
"The children of Coalcoman convey Mr. Nemesio Oseguera and his sons, 2, 3, and Delta 1, for their noble gesture. Thank for your gifts," the motion read.
Sheinbaum said astatine the clip that section officials were being investigated for immoderate imaginable links to the sign.
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