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Peso Pluma: Artist or Prisoner?

October 10, 2025October 6, 2025 Natalia Olivas

Peso Pluma is a famous Mexican singer highly known for his corridos tumbados and regional Mexican music. He quickly rose to fame in 2022 when he collaborated with Eslabon Armado to produce the songs “El Belicon” and “Ella Baila Sola.” He was the first Mexican singer to perform at the

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Drug Cartels Corrupting Tik Tok To Entice the Youth

April 13, 2023April 13, 2023 David Monjaraz

For decades, the news and media has been successful in showing the dark reality of what drug cartels do. By showing explicit pictures and videos of the killings and shootings that narcos and drug cartels go through in order to protect their territory or fight against law enforcement, people have

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Narco-corridos: The Musical Culture of Cartels

February 15, 2023February 13, 2023 Efren

The Mexican drug culture has long been controversial, surrounded by different opinions and perspectives. One aspect of this culture is Narcocorridos, or drug ballads, a subgenre of Mexican Folk music that narrates the stories of drug traffickers and their exploits. Narcocorridos are like journalism put to a song and often

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Inside the extravagant $650,000 tombs of Mexico’s notorious kingpins

April 20, 2018March 15, 2021 D Rome

The mausoleums of the Mexican drug cartel leaders are a work of art. This article depicts the beautiful tombs throughout Mexico. Each mausoleum is about $350,000 or more and they are designed to be visited in a pleasant manner. For example, one of the tombs has air conditioning and even

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