The Mexican band in the center of 'Narco' music scandal compares with the Beatles

In a controversial explanation, the Mexican regional band Los Alegranz del Barranco in the 1960s moved parallels between their current legal challenges and the counter -reaction of the British band in the United States in the United States. The comparison was charged as the Sinaloan band in Jalalco for alleged promotion of criminal activities during a concert in which pictures were associated with antitrust figures last March.

During a recent court appearance, Luis Alvarado, the spokesman for the band, attracted a Beatles T-shirt and said the media and explained: “Today I wear a very interesting shirt … Because in 1966 four musicians were also persecuted, canceled and examined.” Alvarado referred to the notorious incident, in which John Lennon's remark that the Beatles were “more popular than Jesus”, led too widespread outrage, including record burns and radio bans in the United States.

Alvarado also emphasized the band's attitude towards artistic freedom and claimed: “It does not matter whether they are in the United States or in Mexico. Anyone who tells stories, whether with a pencil or an accordion, has the right to tell his stories … if these stories sometimes make someone uncomfortable, that should take away their right to freedom of expression.”

Mexico has a significant procedure To Anesthetic– A subgenre regional Mexican music that tells the life of drug dealers and often glorifies antitrust violence. This movement, which was driven by concerns about public security and the potential of the genre to promote criminal behavior, has banned and led restrictions in various countries such as Tijuana, Michoacán and Jalisco. Los Alegres del Barranco, himself, comes from the state of Sinaloa, a state that was currently being captured due to the civil war within the Sinaloa cartel.

The Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has proposed to promote alternative musical genres who convey positive messages in order to offer cultural options that do not glorify violence. Other Mexican musicians like Natanael Cano and Christian Nodal have expressed their opposition The NarcocorridoBan, while others like the regional band Los Tigres del Norte, they have explained that they will follow the rules.

Los Alegres del Barranco, however, has remained the volume opponents of the ban. The legal problems of the band come from a performance of March 29, in which a large screen showed a picture that allegedly indicates Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias “El Mencho”, the difficult -to -grapple leader of the Jalalco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). The public prosecutor's public prosecutor interpreted the action as a glorification of a desired criminal personality, which was charged against the promotion of crimes according to Mexican federal laws.