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Meet the Mexican soldier trying to revamp a musical genre accused of glorifying cartels
- Eddy Barrón, a captain, sings corridos at a Mexican military base.
- Local governments banned cartel violence performances, leading to government action.
- Barrón's songs praise the army and parents, aiming for social acceptance.
- Barrón stated he did not invent military corridos, but revived them.
- The army plans new songs, hoping to shift the conversation positively.
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The sound of an accordion in Guadalajara covers the silence that has enveloped a ranch in Teuchitlán for weeks, the scene of horrors where the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) allegedly tortured and murdered young people. It’s Saturday, around 10 p.m., and Los Alegres del Barranco are projecting images of Nemesio Oseguera, “El Mencho,” leader of the CJNG, on the stage of the Telmex Auditorium, one of the main venues in Mexico’s second-larges…
Meet the Mexican soldier trying to revamp a musical genre accused of glorifying cartels - Entertainment News
At a Mexican military base, Captain Eduardo Barrón picks up not a rifle but a microphone. Swaying boot-to-boot, he belts out a song as the sounds of trumpets and accordions roar from a band of a dozen camouflage-clad soldiers.
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Meet the Mexican soldier trying to revamp a musical genre accused of glorifying cartels
Regional Mexican music is crossing borders and going global. Corridos, a musical sub-genre often linked to drug cartel violence, are sparking controversy as famed artists pay homage to cartel bosses, portraying them as rebels going against the system.
MEXICO CITY—In a Mexican military base, Captain Eduardo Barrón does not take a rifle, but a microphone. He swings, singing at full lung while a dozen camouflaged soldiers play trumpets and accordions. The rhythmic style, known as a run, is recognized by almost all the inhabitants of this Latin American nation of 130 million inhabitants. However, Barrón’s lyrics differ markedly from those that sound loudly on speakers throughout Mexico. “I still …
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