Rodrigo Soriano

The young Sinaloan artist died 10 years ago, but is still recognized as a major influence by the genre’s rising talents

The mystery surrounding the capture of Mario Alexander Gámez, alias ‘El Piyi’, a hitman for the Sinaloa Cartel, has ignited rumors that the genre’s lyrics are used to secure arrests. But music experts are skeptical

The arrest of the Sinaloa Cartel kingpin in July sparked songs recounting the event, although the figure of the drug trafficker was already a recurring inspiration for (often controversial) corrido artists

The musical subgenre seeks to resume the narration of stories through song, which detail eccentric lives, luxuries, as well as the violence that permeated the style and way of life of those growing up in the early 2000s

Declaring ‘Jesus lives in me and I will live for him,’ the Puerto Rican becomes the latest urban music artist to prioritize spirituality over career. Last year, his compatriot Farruko did the same

The user FlowGPT has used artificial intelligence to create ‘NostalgIA,’ a reggaeton track that emulates the Puerto Rican singer and Spanish performer Bad Gyal

The politician claimed in a video that Los Choneros, a local arm of the Mexican organization, would attack him if he continued to refer to them during his presidential campaign

After being banned in some places, the Mexican capital’s government seeks to have the phenomenon of pop-up street DJs declared an intangible cultural heritage

Dr. López-Gatell admits that the number of infections in the country has increased — as the National Autonomous University of Mexico has pointed out — but rules out the massive use of face masks

The sailor, rescued by a Mexican tuna boat, talks to EL PAÍS about his life, the time he spent adrift in the Pacific and his dog Bella

The Puerto Rican artist is one of the most relevant people in music today. Here, he talks about his debut album, ‘Data,’ the future of Latin music and the success of regional Mexican music

EL PAÍS reconstructs the rescue of the veteran sailor, who was stranded for months in the Eastern Pacific, based on interviews with the members of the crew that saved him

The 54-year-old sailor was found with his dog in the middle of the Pacific Ocean by a Mexican trawler after surviving on raw fish and rainwater for three months

The largest land mammal in America is rehabilitating a vast grassland in Coahuila, benefiting hundreds of species in a reserve that can theoretically store 6.3 million tons of carbon in its soil

The Mexican singer is vying to capitalize on his success in recent months with the release of 14 songs, some recorded on his own and others featuring regular collaborators

The Mexican singer sings Rocío Dúrcal’s lyrics over the DJ’s dance music beat in ‘Invítame A Un Café’

Montserrat Caballero associates the intimidation with her public safety work during her government: ‘Because of this, I was attacked’

Relegated for decades by class prejudices, the regional music of Mexico is now considered cool and fashionable, with emerging young artists sweeping the global charts as they reinvent their traditions for a new generation of listeners

With influences from trap and reggaeton, at the age of 18 he started the ‘corridos tumbados,’ an invention that has renewed the genre and catapulted it into the world charts. Today, at age 22, Cano fills Mexico’s National Auditorium

The king of ‘corridos tumbados’ joins the producer in his ‘BZRP Music Sessions Vol. 55′ with a song that owes more to the regional subgenre than to the Argentine electronic sound

The president of Victims of Illicit Drugs, Jaime Puerta, recalls the loss of his only child after the latter contacted a dealer on Snapchat

According to authorities, the infections — which were diagnosed in residents who had undergone surgery in Matamoros — led to serious illness and death

Victor Masson, 27, is the second foreigner to be killed in the state of Oaxaca this week. An Argentine man also died after being attacked with a machete

Shot to death more than 30 years ago, the legendary Sinaloan sang about the hard life on both sides of the border. His legacy lives on through today’s Mexican artists, who are triumphing on the global charts

The so-called regional genre is reaching historic heights of popularity and is gaining international fame thanks to a new generation of young artists

The Puerto Rican singer and the Texas-founded group have released ‘Un x100to,′ a song that puts a Mexican twist on cumbia