Authorities in Jalisco State Crack Down on Purveyors of Narco Culture Duncan Tucker - Latin Correspondent
go to original November 4, 2015

An armored truck riddled with bullet holes sits at a military base in Ciudad Mier, in Tamaulipas state, Mexico. (AP/Eduardo Verdugo)

From classic movies like Scarface to new series like Narcos, drug traffickers have always been a source of fascination for the public.

Their exploits have long been glamorized, whether in American gangsta rap or in Mexican narcocorridos (drug ballads), but in recent weeks authorities in western Mexico have begun clamping down on those they accuse of blurring the lines between romanticizing the narco lifestyle and actively living it.

Last month, police in Jalisco state announced the arrest of Cristian Iván Miranda Sandoval, a 21-year-old actor and narcocorrido singer, for possession of illegal firearms.

Agents confiscated a gold-plated .45-caliber handgun, another .380 pistol, seven cell phones, and an unspecified amount of cash and jewelry upon detaining Miranda in an exclusive gated community on the outskirts of Guadalajara, the state capital.

Like many popular narcocorrido artists, some of whom are even known to bring fake bazookas onstage, Miranda had appeared in numerous films and music videos posing with guns and playing with masked band members.



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