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 ...

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.

A member of Mexican band barred from performing in the US after blaring images of cartel leaders at a concert claimed the group had protested the display beforehand.

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 ...

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

The song is a narcocorrido: a ballad about the drug trafficking underworld. The band that wrote it – Los Alegres del Barranco – landed in hot water with both US and Mexican authorities recently when ...