Singers who made corridos for drug traffickers

• Corridos that were made to honor these narcos.
• These singers started with the narcocorridos.
• Some got in trouble for it.

Corridos have been part of Latin American culture for at least 100 years, according to BBCNews. For the most part they have portrayed the current situations between the drug traffickers, the government and society in general. Today we tell you about singers who wrote corridos for drug traffickers.

Despite the fact that they involve such controversial topics, that was not an impediment for many singers. Some enjoyed the advantages offered by making narcocorridos with millions of reproductions, others are no longer alive to tell about it.

Singers who made corridos for drug traffickers

The impact they have generated in the music industry has been a double-edged sword, because considering they are just «one more song» in the repertoire of these singers, some have come to be singled out as direct enemies of the rivals of drug traffickers for whom they made their corrido.

They have also raised alerts from authorities about a possible link with the world of drug trafficking and music. Opening investigations and even being sanctioned with economic fines for the spread of violent content.

Valentín Elizalde paid with his life to sing narcocorridos

Vicente Carrillo, the brother of El Señor de los Cuelos, fell into the hands of the police on October 9 in Torreón, Coahuila. Five million Mexican pesos were offered for his arrest for being one of the founders of the Juárez Cartel.

Corrido de Vicente Carrillo was recorded by singer Valentín Elizalde, who was shot dead by armed men in Tamaulipas in 2006, while he was in his truck leaving one of his concerts. According to Chilango, it is said that there was talk that it was the «revenge» of rivals of Vicente Carrillo.

MS band

This group originally from Mazatlán, Sinaloa and founded in 2003, has remained one of the favorite bands of the regional Mexican genre. Within its music there are love lyrics, infidelities, parties and even narcocorridos.

On their album Mi Razón de Ser they paid tribute to Manuel Torres Felix, also known as «M1» or «El Ondeado», who was a member of the Sinaloa Cartel, and who was on the list of the most wanted in the United States. He was the brother of Javier Torres Felix «El JT», lieutenant of Ismael «El Mayo» Zambada.

Gerardo Ortiz

Without a doubt, if an artist catapulted his talent and profits with narcocorridos, it was Gerardo Ortiz, who became the favorite of millions of Latinos with these types of songs. The 32-year-old has been involved in various scandals for it.

An example of this was his corrido for Serafin «Sera» Zambada Ortiz, 23 years old and son of Ismael «Mayo» Zambada. He was arrested by the Arizona Drug Enforcement Administration in November 2013 and faces drug trafficking charges in the Southern District Court of California. Gerardo Ortiz made him the corrido entitled Serafín will be the beginning.

The Komander and the narcocorridos

The number two of the Sinaloa Cartel and successor to «El Chapo» Guzmán was Ismael «El Mayo» Zambada, the brain of the organization. El Mayo have great power and influence, having a similar rank to El Chapo in terms of organizational structure.

Alfredo Ríos «El Komander» is one of the many singers who perform narcocorridos to El MZ in which the power of «El Mayo» Zambado is extolled, who is a fugitive and is wanted by authorities in Mexico, the United States and the world.