He emphasized that his government “does not prohibit”, although he considered that everyone has to contribute to no apology for violence.
In this regard, he recalled the new contest that his government called “Mexico sings”, through which the songs of young performers will be promoted.
“I am against prohibiting and censoring. It is rather to promote other contents and that’s why there is the east contest sings that will help a lot,” he said.
This contest is part of the peace and combat campaign against drug use; Its purpose is to promote Mexican music.
This event is aimed at young people between 18 and 34 years of Mexican and Mexico American origin.
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They prohibit runs in Edomex
The government of the State of Mexico, headed by Delfina Gómez, asked municipalities such as Texcoco, Metepec and Tejupilco that in events and fairs are monitored that it is not incurred in apology for violence, drug trafficking and drug use.
The state authorities asked the municipalities to ensure that the contracted artists do not use, before and after each event, images, audios or references that allude to characters linked to organized crime.
“In the Mexican entity, fairs and festivals are planned in the municipalities of Metepec, Texcoco, Tejupilco, among others, where it is essential to promote healthy coexistence and avoid behaviors contrary to the law,” says the document.
Last Friday, April 11, singer Luis R. Conriquez, known as the “King of the War Corridos”, refused to interpret the music that made him famous, but is pointed out by apology for violence.
“It’s what there is, today there are no runs, how do we do it? I am leaving the house, better,” said the interpreter in the Palenque of the Texcoco Fair and only dedicated romantic music.
This caused the anger of the attendees, who went down the stage and began to throw chairs and objects to the singer and their team, who ran to the dressing rooms to protect themselves.
Before the event, the singer announced from his social networks that he would abandon this music style
“We enter a new stage my people, without runs and all that. It feels ugly to not be able to sing what people want to hear, but we add to the cause of zero runs and pa ‘in front,” he wrote.
After these disturbances, Conriquez lamented what happened in a statement and pointed out that as an artist the new rules that the Government requests regarding the interpretation of Corridos
