Alfredo Rios, aka El Komander, is the Jay Z of Mexican drug balladeers. He says government pressure, in the form of fines and banned or canceled concerts, is forcing him to think about retirement. El ...

The verse draws raucous cheers from the capacity-plus crowd, which I’m told is thick with members of the Sinaloa Cartel, the most powerful drug trafficking syndicate in the world. I’m still scanning ...

In Mexico, even the president has an opinion on what Natanael Cano, Luis R. Conriquez and others sing. By Natalia Cano In May, local authorities of a famous resort in Cancún, Mexico, banned live ...

Alfredo Ríos, “El Komander”, compuso el tema “Cayó El Chapo”, sobre la captura del narcotraficante, el cual incluirá en su próximo álbum. “Estamos grabando un nuevo disco de corridos y estamos ...

Narcocorridos, or “drug ballads”, are songs that soundtrack the world of narcoculutra. Since the Mexican drug war began in 2006, the genre has exploded in popularity and the lyrics have kept pace with ...

Mexican authorities have levied one of their harshest punishments yet against drug ballads known as "narco-corridos," fining concert promoters 100,000 pesos (almost $8,000) for a weekend performance… ...