First Featherweight, now Fuerza Regida: The band that participated in “El Jefe” with Shakira canceled the concert due to the alleged threat of drug trafficking cartels

Group The ruling force He added to the hit by collaborating with Shakira on the song “El Jefe”, which premiered on September 20. After this success, the quintet was ready to continue with the performance, which included a concert on October 6. The event has been cancelled.

The show would take place in Tijuana, Baja California, bordering the United States. American regional Mexican music group received threats from drug cartels areas.

“The event in Tijuana has been canceled for reasons beyond our control. Thank you very much, Mi Raza,” read a statement posted on October 2 on Fuerza Regida’s Instagram account.

The Tijuana cartel threatens Fuerza Regida with death

Although the band did not reveal the real reason for the suspension of the performance, Peru’s RPP media reported that the organized band left a tarp with a strong anti-Fuerza Regida message on the bridge of Tijuana’s Chamizal district.

“This is Fuerza Regida for you, we will present it to your mother on October 6 in TJ (Tijuana), it will be your last performance in your life, with respect CJNG,” the message in question said, according to the media. That would be the main reason for canceling the concert.

“What caused the CJNT’s anger would be the songs dedicated to ‘Los Chapitos’,” journalist Ciro Gómez Leyva wrote on his X account, formerly Twitter.

In another message on the same social network, the communicator reported that the mayor of Tijuana, Montserrat Caballero, attributed the cancellation of Fuerza Regida to poor sales at the box office, noting that they were singing to criminal groups, which she announced would seek an investigation for this type of artist.

“The criminal group does not set the agenda because we did not interrupt the concert. “Even though it’s true, the groups didn’t make big sales, I don’t know if that’s why they canceled because they’re both from the same group of promoters who don’t make more than ten thousand tickets, we’ve already confirmed that,” the official added. also referring to the case of the Pero category.

A similar situation was experienced by the Mexican corrido tumbadosa singer after the cartel allegedly dedicated four signs to him in different places in the city last September.

At the time, Caballero indicated that the prosecutor’s office would begin an investigation to determine the origin of the threats, as revealed in another RPP publication.

“It is my responsibility to protect the citizens of Tijuana and therefore we will decide in the coming days whether the concert will take place or not,” the official commented regarding the event scheduled for October 14.

In February of this same year, the band Grupo Arriesgado was also a victim of threats. (AND)