The lead singer of the regional Mexican band Enigma Norteño, Ernesto Barajas, was shot and killed on Tuesday within the municipality of Zapopan within the state of Jalisco, Mexico, based on ABC 7.
The singer was killed by two people using a bike, based on authorities. The prosecutor’s workplace of the state of Jalisco has already opened an investigation into the homicide, based on ABC 7.
The band from Sinaloa is understood for its “viral drug ballads,” a musical fashion identified to glorify organized crime. Enigma Norteño has devoted its songs to members of the Jalisco Nueva Generacion and Sinaloa cartels. The style has been banned by a 3rd of the states in Mexico.
The killing of Barajas comes three months after the lifeless our bodies of 5 members of the Mexican regional band Fugitivo had been discovered within the northern metropolis of Reynosa.
In July, the Council of the Judiciary of the State of Jalisco agreed to drop the felony case towards the Mexican regional band Los Alegres Del Barranco. The band got here below investigation after it displayed {a photograph} of a frontrunner of the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación throughout a present.
In April, the Mexican authorities introduced a music contest to encourage Mexican artists to create music that doesn’t glorify a violent life-style. The competitors was created to encourage musicians to write down songs about love, heartbreak and peace, based on Billboard.
“Whereas the competition received’t remedy this challenge in a single day, and we’re not neglecting the underlying causes — for that, there’s a complete nationwide safety program — we felt it was vital to create inventive areas by way of tradition for Mexican and Mexican-American youth who’re keen about music,” Claudia Curiel de Icaza, secretary of tradition for Mexico, informed Billboard Español.
Authorities from the state of Jalisco didn’t reply to a request for a remark in time for publication.
