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By: Real America News Updated 04 Oct 2022, 11: 23 am EDT
What started as part of the celebrations for the 291 anniversary of the city of Culiacán, Sinaloa, ended as a tribute to drug trafficker Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, who is locked up in a prison in the United States.
It all happened after the government local, in collaboration with businessmen from the region, organized a series of concerts under the name “8 Music Fest”, where groups of various musical genres were presented.
With this event, the municipality intended to give the image that Culiacán is not only a region where the culture of drug trafficking abounds
, since several drug lords are from the area.
However, everything changed when it was the turn of Featherweight, a music singer Mexican regional and, above all, narcocorridos. And it is that the artist decided to project on the screens of the stage, the face of the former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel while making his presentation.
A Through his social networks, the corrido singer shared part of the presentation with which the Culiacán celebrations closed.
The images went viral and provoked the rejection of several users , who accused the local government to promote drug culture by sponsoring a show in honor of Chapo Guzmán.
About this fact, the Culiacán authorities issued a statement in which they condemned what happened , describing the show as an apology for crime and a contrary act to the image that the local government seeks to give.
“It goes totally against the principles and values that have been promoted by the municipality principle through citizen awareness campaigns and different events”, states the document.
⚠️Special announcement ⚠️
Given what happened at the “8 Music Fest” event, we inform the media and citizens in general the following: pic.twitter.com/ZRMnCHmPRm— Juan de Dios Gámez Mendívil (@JuandDiosGamez) October 3, 2022
Likewise, it was detailed that the narcocorrido singer was not going to be part of the show, since he was included at the “last minute” due to the cancellation of another celebrity.” As a municipal authority, we are in favor of the freedom of expression of all artists, “adds the statement.
Among the most famous songs of Peso Feather found ‘El Belicón’ or ’30 shots’ themed which alludes to the leaders of organized crime.In his videos he usually exhibits himself with ar longer , tactical equipment and sports cars.
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