Montserrat Caballeromayor of Tijuana, was questioned about the murder of Chuy Montanaa singer of the genre known as corridos tumbados, and the councilor once again made her position clear on this type of musical content, which she even banned in the city she governs.
For Caballero, the murder of the young singer could be related to the genre he performed and not necessarily because he was “involved” in organized crime, but because he considered that singing this type of songs can make certain criminal groups angry.
“That type of music generates a lot of violenceprobably the boy has nothing to do with it, but the lyrics incite violence in the group other than the one they are singing about,” he stated.
It is worth remembering that they “lifted” Chuy Montana, tortured him and took him to a place, where they shot him in the head to kill him.
In the same interaction with the media, the mayor of Tijuana touched on another topic related to the musical genre, although it is not intrinsically linked to the homicide, it does have a certain relationship with the victim and that, in recent days, he was arrested Jesus Ortiz Pazvocalist of Fuerza Regida.
It was he who discovered Chuy Montana and who offered him to record on his record label, but the scandal came when he was detained by the National Guard because he supposedly tried to bring drugs into Mexicoaccording to El Sol de Tijuana.
“Certain singers or promoters should be investigated. We saw Fuerza Regida with a situation, she can be isolated, but now she happens with a singer, so she is not very far from the reality that some are involved in some criminal cells. I believe that the Prosecutor’s Office and the state have to be very aware of them,” she said.
Previously, the official had also requested that music promoters be investigated and their possible relationship in money laundering.
The mayor against the corridos
Drug violence in Tijuana is a constant, but last year it had a variant that led the mayor to make decisions, criticized by some, celebrated by others, and that is that narcomantas appeared in the city directed at two artists who perform the corridos genre. .
Featherweight would be presented in the city, the musical phenomenon was highly anticipated by the inhabitants, who were left wanting to see them because they received death threats from the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).
Fuerza Regida experienced a similar situation after being threatened, finally the presentations were canceled, not only to safeguard the integrity of the artists, but also that of the public.
After these events, the mayor proposed prohibiting the performance of corridos or any song that incites violence or advocates crime, which was approved by the Tijuana council.
On that occasion, Montserrat Caballero said that she was aware that she would receive criticism, since these events leave a strong economic impact, but she considered security a priority. She also asked that the corridos, which are part of Mexican music, not be demonized, but she preferred to leave out the violence of the municipality.
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