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The new narcocorridos for escaped drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman

Sinaloa drug cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was barely out of prison when musicians throughout Mexico began uploading hot musical takes about his (again) escape.

Corridos are a narrative form of Mexican popular music that dates back to the Mexican Revolution, and has now evolved (or deteriorated) into a genre that frequently pays homage to narco gang figures. What better protagonist for such work than a dude who escaped from maximum-security prison more times than we can keep track of?

NPR’s Alt Latino rounded up some of the dozen or so El Chapo narcocorridos making the Spanish-language internet rounds. Here, they analyze the whole thing, so you don’t have to pretend like you can figure it out yourself.


A boy stands next to a police car with a picture of fugitive drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s at a checkpoint on the highway connecting Mexico City and Acapulco, in Guerrero State, Mexico.
Pedro Pardo, AFP/Getty via NPR

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