Narco Culture Research Paper

To begin, Narco culture is a Mexican subculture that is built primarily of the drug cartels. There is almost a set code of conduct, or moral code that is associated with the lifestyle of Narcos. Some Mexican laws have forbidden the musical genre of Narcocorridos on the radio. Narcocorridos are songs that detail and glamorize the lifestyle of different Narcos. Furthermore, drug use (specifically marijuana and heroin) has increased. Ironically, the United States gets the majority of their drugs from Mexican cartels (Felbab-Brown), despite there being a prevalent anti-Latinx rhetoric. Cartels supply drugs to the United States because there is a demand in the United States. Opinions on immigration from Latinx communities has continued to become more and more separated. As the United States ventures deeper and deeper into the Trump’s presidency, there seems to be a more anti-immigration being presented publicly, even as shows such as Narcos grow in popularity. Recently in the United States, the media has been flooded with images of Narcos, like Pablo Escobar, or El Chapo. Narcos are key social actors in the phenomenon of the glamorization of Narco culture, especially in the United States. …show more content…
In the United States, there is this widespread fixation with Narco culture due to the new integration of Narco-aesthetic into American media, as this integration increases, so does the anti-Mexican narrative amongst Americans, there could be a tie between the perpetuation of stereotypes in a glamorized culture and anti-Mexican