narco-ballads
How Kate Del Castillo Became the Rebel Celebrity Who Took Sean Penn to ‘Chapo’
The interview orchestrated by the Mexican actress raises tough questions for her career, her new tequila brand, and the whole business of narco pop media at large.
The Deadly World of Mexican Narco-Ballads
Narcocorridos are nothing new—songs about tequila and opium smugglers have been sung since the 1930s. Since the onset of Mexico’s current drug war, the music has mirrored the heightened level of violence as the murder count spirals to more than 60,000 dea
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