Los Alegres del Barranco stand firm in defending narcocorridos, facing legal challenges in Jalisco while advocating for ...

Los Alegres del Barranco are accused of glorifying crime and will have to face the court on a weekly basis along with paying ...

They became the first act from the regional Mexican genre to be formally accused by the Jalisco State Prosecutor’s Office of ...

A federal judge granted an injunction on Friday (May 9) to musical group Los Alegres del Barranco, allowing them to sing ...

Mexican band Los Alegres del Barranco has been charged by the Fiscalía del Estado de Jalisco (Jalisco State Prosecutor's ...

En el caso de Los Alegres del Barranco, la fiscalía los imputó por “presunta apología del delito” por haber proyectado imágenes, sobre llamas, de Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, “El Mencho ...

Narcocorridos — or drug ballads — are more popular than ever in Mexico, where a generation that came of age during the drug ...

Bands in Mexico are self-censoring their ballads about the drug underworld out of fear of being blocked from touring the US, ...

But the long-standing controversy exploded back into public life this year after a concert in Michoacan state by the band Los ...

Narcocorridos, or drug ballads, extoll drug cartels and their leaders. Corridos have long been used to tell stories in Mexico, sometimes recounting the exploits of bandits and outlaws. Many ...