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Narcocorridos have been the subject of debate lately, after February 11 Risk groupa Mexican regional group, postponed its presentation to Tijuana, Baja California, because the members have received threats from the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).

In this context, local authorities have raised the possibility of banning the singing of narcocorridos during concerts; However, the President of Mexico would disagree with the measure, as during his morning conference on February 15, he said that while he hoped that these types of topics would no longer be interpreted, they should not be banned either. .

“Let’s hope the narcoriodos aren’t sung, but nothing should be banned, what needs to be done is to report more, because there is an imbalance,” he said.

The Federal President added that, in his view, the bullfights and the series about drug traffickers advocate violence and the only thing they project “is a pink world”.

“It spreads a lot, and what about the drug damage?” he reproached.

The president also took the opportunity to call on the public to take action against drug use.

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On February 10, the members of Grupo Risky gave an autograph signing to the Paseo 2000 Square, located in Tijuana. It was near this place that several shots were heard and narcomantas were found with messages addressed to the singer.

“Arturo González, Panther Bélico from the Risky group, here it’s not up to you to be belligerent or with your corridos. Here he has an owner, we are not common, that’s why we did not kill you, it was a warning, “read one of the banners.

In view of the messages, the group decided to postpone the concert which was scheduled for the same day at 8:00 p.m. at the Chevron stadium. Through a statement, issued minutes before the start of the show, they explained that, by order of the government of Baja California, the show would be postponed.

“Due to the events of the past few days and attacks on instructions from the Baja California state government, it has been decided to reschedule the event to take place tonight,” the statement read.

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In the information released on behalf of the group, it was reiterated that although they regret the situation, the decision was made in order to safeguard the integrity of the members and the general public.

For his part, the singer and who would have been the target of the threats, war pantheraccused that all his companions abandoned him before the situation, as they did not appear in what would have been the sound check.

Among the wave of reactions triggered by the events, it was announced that the authorities in Tijuana will seek to limit narcocorridos:

“We have the power, as a result of what happened with Grupo Risky, to start limiting this music. All artistic expressions are welcome, but we have to start controlling what our young people listen to,” said declared the mayor of Montserrat Caballero, on February 14.

In this sense, musicians, singers, groups and others will not be able to apologize for a crime during their presentations in the city.

“We are going to do the same because the majority of singers who come to Tijuana do not have songs that speak of apology for crime (…) we absolutely cannot forbid not controlling all their repertoire”, a- he said.

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