Singers Are Already Writing Narcocorridos Dedicated to El Chapo After Prison Break Rafa Fernandez de Castro - Fusion
go to original July 14, 2015

Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, the billionaire leader of the Mexican Sinaloa cartel, has eluded authorities and disappeared for the second time in 15 years. He was just weeks away from being extradited to the U.S. on 35 counts of money-laundering, cocaine and marijuana trafficking and conspiracy. (Euronews)

“I already proved my power once... and if I did it once, I’ll do it to them again.”

That’s a lyric from what appears to be the first narcocorrido to surface about drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s weekend escape from a Mexican high-security prison. A sample of the song, by the Mexican band Enigma Norteño, is circulating on Instagram and YouTube, the latest addition to the musical genre detailing the exploits of drug traffickers.

“There will be Chapo for awhile and the link remains strong,” the band sings, alluding to Mexico’s public enemy No. 1.



Members of Enigma Norteño say the song isn’t intended to glorify El Chapo, but instead to chronicle the latest developments in Mexico’s drug world. “It doesn’t mean we benefit from or agree with the escape, our business has nothing to do with his,” the band told the Mexican daily El Debate.

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