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U.S. State Department Revokes Mexican Band’s Visa Over Song Praising Drug Cartel Kingpin
The U.S. Department of State revoked the travel visa of a Mexican band set to tour the U.S. after they praised a notorious drug kingpin at a concert.
The U.S. Department of State revoked the travel visa of a Mexican band that was set to tour the U.S. this month after they prominently displayed images of a notorious drug kingpin at a recent concert. According to the BBC, the song the band played that accompanied the “El Mencho” images similarly praised the drug kingpin, calling him “a man of war who loves his family” and celebrated his exploits. “A Mexican band, ‘Los Alegres del Barranco,’ portrayed images glorifying drug kingpin ‘El Mencho’ Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes — head of the grotesquely violent CJNG cartel — at a recent concert in Mexico.
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