Giants of Mexican Music Take on Donald Trump David Leveille - PRI's The World
go to original August 8, 2015

Los Tigres del Norte have proposed a boycott against all business ventures and products of Republican hopeful Donald Trump for his offensive statements against Mexican immigrants. (Ricardin Niar)

Attention, Donald Trump: Now you've got Los Tigres del Norte against you.

The giants of northern Mexico music have proposed a boycott of everything owned by the Republican presidential hopeful for his offensive remarks about Mexican immigrants.

"We are deeply offended for all that he has said against Mexicans who live in the US,” said Jorge Hernández in Bogotá. He added that Trump "invented this campaign against Mexicans to gain popularity among certain sectors of the American population,” and said that his comments have "hurt the hearts and feelings of Mexicans. We are shocked."

Hernández, his brothers, and his cousins, all from Sinaloa, Mexico, and now based in San Jose, are known as the godfathers of Norteño music.

...One Tigres song, says Arcos, talks specifically about this issue of dual identity. “The song says people are calling us undocumented, and illegal, and guess what folks, we’re just as American, if not more American, than you. We’ve been here long before you came. The song is called “Somos Mas Americanos” or “We are more American.”



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