The relationship between entertainment, organized crime, and the tolerance of authorities in the United States and Mexico took center stage in a recent interview with Anabel Hernández with Aristegui Noticias, where the writer of Las Señoras del Narco issued a harsh warning against Peso Pluma following the case of Julio César Chávez Jr.
In that interview, the journalist recalled the context in which popular figures, such as musicians and athletes, have forged ties to criminal organizations, a reality that, in her opinion, is no longer tolerated by the US government.
The case of Julio César Chávez Jr., a boxer whose recent arrest by immigration authorities (ICE) generated speculation about his alleged ties to the Sinaloa Cartel, was the starting point for the investigator to issue a direct warning to musicians like Peso Pluma. And in her opinion, artists who perform and receive payments in environments linked to illicit activities could face legal or immigration consequences very soon.
Attention turned to high-profile artists like Peso Pluma, who have enjoyed success on US soil. Anabel Hernández highlighted the recent transformation in immigration and entertainment policy in that country:
“Let’s remember that during the Joe Biden era, when singers like Peso Pluma and all of them became rock stars, went and gave massive concerts in the United States, getting everyone dancing to the criminal anthems in support of Los Chapitos, many of those singers can no longer give those same concerts. Before they are deported, before they go through the bitter experience of being exposed as ‘They revoked so-and-so’s visa or expelled them,’ many now prefer to leave because they know they can’t do so there.”
