Los Alegres del Barranco's US visas revoked for 'glorifying drug kingpin'
The band Los Alegres del Barranco had shown an image of a cartel leader on stage during a concert.
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Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said the band, Los Alegres del Barranco, had projected an image of El Mencho onto a screen at a recent concert in Mexico.
El Mencho, whose real name is Nemesio Oseguera Ramos, is the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), one of the most feared transnational drug trafficking gangs.
The CJNG is one of eight criminal groups which the Trump administration recently declared "foreign terrorist organisations" as part of its strategy to "ensure the total elimination" of these groups in the US.
In a post on X, Landau wrote "in the Trump Administration, we take seriously our responsibility over foreigners' access to our country".
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