Los Alegres del Barranco Obtain Legal Protection to Sing Narcocorridos in Michoacán

Why much of Mexico is banning pop ballads about drug traffickers

Narcocorridos — or drug ballads — are more popular than ever in Mexico, where a generation that came of age during the drug war has embraced songs that recount both the spoils and the excessive violence of organized crime. But the genre is increasingly under attack.

Mexico City.- A federal judge temporarily curbed the prohibition of the group Los Alegres del Barranco to conduct presentations at public events in Michoacán, a state where the state government vetoed music that it considers to be "apology of crime." Sergio Santamaría Chamú, District First Judge in Morelia, granted the group a temporary suspension against the decree published on April 16 by Governor Michoacano Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla, which prev…

Los Alegres del Barranco Obtain Legal Protection to Sing Narcocorridos in Michoacán

A federal judge granted an injunction on Friday (May 9) to musical group Los Alegres del Barranco, allowing them to sing narcocorridos in the Mexican state of Michoacán despite a state decree that prohibits the dissemination of music or expressions that promote the glorification of criminal activities in public spaces since last April. The legal measure, identified as injunction case number 518/2025 and to which Billboard Español had access, w…

Will Los Alegres del Barranco pay another tribute to Nemesio Oceguera Cervantes ‘el Mencho’? In the midst of the controversy over the interpretation of narcocorridos in Mexico and after having appointments with the Jalisco Prosecutor’s Office, the Mexican regional music group is not known another tune and will be able to sing to ‘Mencho’ and others of his narco-inspired runners during their concerts in Michoacán. Why? A judge from Michoacán gran…

A federal judge has granted an amparo to Los Alegres del Barranco to sing narcocorridos in Michoacán. The judicial authority has allowed them to continue their presentations at public events, despite the decree issued by the Government of that State, which prohibits the interpretation and reproduction of music that promotes the advocacy of the crime. In its ruling, it has considered that the determination violates the fundamental rights of work …

Los Alegres del Barranco are a band that has been protagonist with this issue of narcocorridos. It is that after facing a legal process for advocacy of the crime, they will be able to continue singing the music that they make thanks to an amparo. Illustrative photo: Cuarroscuro Alegres del Barranco get protection to continue singing narcocorridos It turns out that a judge determined that by prohibiting them to sing narcocorridos, the right of th…