Los Alegres del Barranco are accused of glorifying crime and will have to face the court on a weekly basis along with paying ...

"Everyone who tells stories, whether with a pencil or an accordion, has the right to tell them," Luis Alvarado tells ...

They became the first act from the regional Mexican genre to be formally accused by the Jalisco State Prosecutor’s Office of ...

MEXICO CITY – La popular banda de música regional mexicana Los Alegres del Barranco fue imputada por apología del delito por haber proyectado en uno de sus conciertos en marzo imágenes del ...

Mexican band Los Alegres del Barranco has been charged by the Fiscalía del Estado de Jalisco (Jalisco State Prosecutor's ...

At a recent court appearance, a spokesperson for the band wore a Beatles shirt to make a statement about government ...

Narcocorridos — or drug ballads — are more popular than ever in Mexico, where a generation that came of age during the drug ...

Bands in Mexico are self-censoring their ballads about the drug underworld out of fear of being blocked from touring the US, ...

But the long-standing controversy exploded back into public life this year after a concert in Michoacan state by the band Los ...