As Mexican officials ramp up efforts to ban the performance of narcocorridos—gritty, narrative ballads often associated with drug traffickers—Los Tigres del Norte, the legendary norteño band that helped define the genre, say the crackdown is not just local policy. Frontman Jorge Hernández connected the rising censorship to political pressure from the United States, accusing former President Donald Trump's hardline stance on immigration and crime of influencing how Mexico polices its own cultural expression.
