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

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

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

Members of the band Los Alegres del Barranco find themselves at the center of a cultural debate on artistic merit after facing legal consequences for performing drug ballads.

A federal judge granted an injunction on Friday (May 9) to musical group Los Alegres del Barranco, allowing them to sing ...

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 ...

The song is a narcocorrido: a ballad about the drug trafficking underworld. The band that wrote it – Los Alegres del Barranco ...

Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau shared on social media at the beginning of the month a video purportedly recorded at a March performance of Los Alegres del Barranco. Landau said the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Thousands of sweaty fans packed into a concert hall in Guadalajara last month to hear Los Alegres del ...

By Natalia Cano Luis Alvarado, spokesperson for Los Alegres del Barranco, is defending the Mexican band’s right to perform narcocorridos freely, without being punished by authorities.