Culiacán

Legends say he is a ghost roaming around the world and the seven seas. Selling his way to fortune he sold candy, oranges, soft drinks. Very close with his mother a very hard worker… she worked a lot. They grew corn and beans. From a poor humble family he became responsible to the age of 15 he grew up in a ranch called, La Tuna he turned the coin around and went to the drugs he grew poppy and marijuana he began to grow it, to harvest and to sell it. At the age of 18 to Culiacan, then after to Guadalajara never without visiting his ranch, even until today… because his mom, thanks to God, is still alive, out there at his ranch, which is La Tuna, so… that’s how things have been. Sinaloa Culiacan founded in 1989 from the…

I started liking his music when i first heard a song from chalino called “nieves de enero”. Rosalino "Chalino" Sanchez was a Mexican singer and writer perhaps best known for his narcocorrido recordings. On May 16, 1992, he was murdered in Culiacán. Born in August 30, 1960 in Badiraguato Mexico, and raised in a poor family on a ranch called Las Flecha, Badiraguato, Sinaloa, Mexico. His father was Santos Sánchez and his mother Sannorina Felix. He had seven siblings: Armando, Lázaro, Régulo, Lucas,…

scared eight-year-old I watch in terror as they are putting my dad in handcuffs. Even though there was a lot of commotion going on, to me it felt like time had stop and I can hear my mom in the distance but all I can concentrate on is my dad in handcuffs. While I was trying to process all of this my mom was pulling me and my sibling away to another room. She had taken us to my room that me and my sister shared. As she walked in she told us “everything is going to be okay. Just stay in here and…

Jose Limon was born on January 12, 1908 in Culiacan, Mexico. His family immigrated to America during the Mexican Revolution. After graduating from Lincoln High school, Limon attended UCLA as an art major. He moved to New York City in 1928 to study at the New York school of design. There he was inspired to begin training as a dancer after he attended a dance production by Yvonne Georgi and Harald Kreutzberg. He trained with Charles Weidman and Doris Humphrey at the Humphrey-Weidman Studio and…

author in creating a fictional world. However, the dilemma of how to avoid history and accomplish poetry is acknowledged. One of the main solutions is to restore the truth in history by accompanying it with allegory, creativity, or both. Our own creation of poetry should link with history. Yet, validity of history does not promise the desired poetic effect in writing. In fact, Lukács alerts us that poetic creativity connects with history; a history whose accuracy is only determined by figurative…

The “War on Drugs” is a term frequently applied to a movement of military aid and intervention and prohibition of drugs, with the objective of reducing the illegal drug trade globally. One notable site of this “War on Drugs” is Mexico where the campaign has developed into what is known as the Mexican Drug War. Due to its geographic location, Mexico has been used as a conveyance point for narcotics and contraband between markets in Latin America and the United States. The Mexican Drug War is a…

has escaped prison various times. Many people looks at him as a criminal and believe he should deserve the death penalty for being responsible for large amounts of drug trafficking. El Chapo is placed under the “Bad Guy” character, mainly because drug trafficking is illegal. In reality, El Chapo is a generous man and despite his drug trafficking business he helps a lot of poor people in his home town. Many other cities near his home have experienced his generosity. The El Chapo’s generous…

In the Early 2000’s violence across Mexico escalates as El Chapo’s Sinaloa cartel attempt to encroach upon Tijuana and Gulf Cartel territory. On January 19, 2001, El Chapo escapes the maximum-security Puente Grande prison in Jalisco, Mexico in a laundry cart. The planned escape requires bribes and cooperation allegedly costing 7.5 million, according to Malcolm Belth's book. “The last Narco.” On the Year 2004, the US government announces a $5 million reward for information leading to El Chapo’s…

rapper Snoop Dogg to make a "reality show "broadcast on the pay channel Mun2. "The Twiins", who studied classical music and jazz at the conservatory in Los Angeles, have also worked with Thalia, Chayanne and Don Omar. In the field of fashion, an example of this culture is success Antrax Clothing Store, owned by Eleno J. Serna and has three locations in California. Their shirts include illustrations of shootings, allusions to the Godfather and Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo, the magnate of…

self-governing and strong; however construct their figure around notions of beauty and dependence in the sense of requiring protection from male traffickers. Geography The message(s) narcocorridos convey produce different effects in two of the major receiving countries, the United States and Mexico. To illustrate, the documentary Narco Cultura directed by Shaul Schwards gives insight to the role narcotraffickers have in the creation of narcocorridos in Los Angeles, California through the…