Mexican Country Stars Murdered
Just as I am discovering the contemporary music of Mexico, I stumble across “Songs of Love and Murder, Silenced by Killings” by New York Times writer James C. McKinley Jr. Thirteen Mexican country music stars have been killed in the last eighteen months, “in a trend that has gone hand in hand with the surge in violence between drug gangs….”
The musicians’ themes — glorifying drug dealers and hit men — and their tragic deaths have a familiar ring, though I can’t seem to place it in context.
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