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Mexican band has US visas revoked for 'glorifying drug kingpin'
bbc ^ | 04/02/2025 | Vanessa Buschschlüter

Posted on 04/02/2025 1:40:04 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said the band, Los Alegres del Barranco, had projected an image of El Mencho onto a screen at a recent concert in Mexico.

El Mencho, whose real name is Nemesio Oseguera Ramos, is the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), one of the most feared transnational drug trafficking gangs.

The CJNG is one of eight criminal groups which the Trump administration recently declared "foreign terrorist organisations" as part of its strategy to "ensure the total elimination" of these groups in the US.

In a post on X, Landau wrote "in the Trump Administration, we take seriously our responsibility over foreigners' access to our country".

He added that "the last thing we need is a welcome mat for people who extol criminals and terrorists".

Los Alegres del Barranco had been scheduled to perform more than a dozen concerts in US states including Oklahoma, Texas, Alabama, Kentucky and California.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: mexico; music

1 posted on 04/02/2025 1:40:04 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Would be nice if we could do the same for home grown rappers that do the same thing.


2 posted on 04/02/2025 1:42:33 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: BenLurkin
Mexican band has US visas revoked for 'glorifying drug kingpin'

Glorifying drug traffickers is the whole point.


3 posted on 04/02/2025 1:43:52 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: BenLurkin

What are the repercussions of this to their concert venue?


4 posted on 04/02/2025 1:45:29 PM PDT by EliRoom8 ( -- )
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To: EliRoom8

I suspect they’ll just book somebody else who is equally bad.


5 posted on 04/02/2025 1:47:08 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Here in the US, we call them rappers. I wouldn’t blame other countries for banning them from their country...


6 posted on 04/02/2025 1:49:57 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: BenLurkin

So, El Muncho is the reason why so many Mexicans are illegally living in America. They don’t want him to kill them.


7 posted on 04/02/2025 2:17:51 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If you're an average "middle American", white supremacist Sen. Chrissy Coons called you stupid.)
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To: BenLurkin

This half-complete article is what is so frustrating about current reporting. It fails to say whether or not they will be immediately deported and whether or not they will be allowed to “re-visit” the USA. We are just to guess about it.


8 posted on 04/02/2025 2:40:01 PM PDT by EliRoom8 ( -- )
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To: BenLurkin

Excellent decision.


9 posted on 04/02/2025 3:39:43 PM PDT by Bigg Red (My long-time tagline has been removed and will be stored on my home page as it has proved true.)
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To: BenLurkin

Mariachis hit hardest!


10 posted on 04/03/2025 8:05:33 AM PDT by dennisw (💯🇺🇸 Truth is Hate to those who Hate the Truth. 🇺🇸💯)
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