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Judi Lynn

(161,925 posts) Thu Sep 14, 2023, 12:54 AM Sep 2023

Mexican Singer Peso Pluma Is Receiving Death Threats From a Cartel

Three banners containing threats against his life, if he plays an Oct. 14 Tijuana show, were discovered

Published 09/13/23 11:56 PM ET|Updated 43 min ago

Craig Rosen

Fans are wondering whether Mexican singer Peso Pluma’s Oct. 14 show in Tijuana will go on as scheduled after three banners containing threats against his life were discovered.

The attorney general’s office in Baja California is investigating the situation, according to the Los Angeles Times, and one individual allegedly linked to the incident is being held.

Pluma’s star is rising fast. He performed on the MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday night. The show in question is set for Oct. 14 at Estadio Caliente in Tijuana, a stop on his Doble P Mexico tour.

According to the news site Punto Norte, the banners threaten Pluma not to appear on Oct. 14. If he does the show, the messages warn, “it will be your last.” The banners are signed with the initials of a drug cartel.

It’s unclear if it’s related to the threat, but a few of Pluma’s U.S. dates have been postponed. The Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee posted Tuesday on X, formerly Twitter, that his Sept. 14 date had been postponed “due to unforeseen circumstance.” In addition, a Sept. 15 show at the Rosemont Theatre in Illinois has also been postponed.

More:
https://themessenger.com/entertainment/mexican-singer-peso-pluma-threaten-by-drug-cartel

Peso Pluma. What's not to like?

Looks like the cartels are simply music lovers!

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Judi Lynn

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1. Mexican singer Peso Pluma postpones shows in the wake of drug cartel death threats

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Sat Sep 16, 2023, 12:36 AM

Sep 2023

By Angela Bonilla
Published: Sep. 15, 2023 at 7:18 AM CDT|Updated: 16 hours ago

TIJUANA, Mexico (KWTX) - Mexican singer Peso Pluma has postponed some concerts across the United States following deaths threats from a Mexican drug cartel, according to reports from The Los Angeles Times.

The singer, described as “one of the most popular musical acts on the planet in part by glorifying the world of drug trafficking,” and whose song, “Siempre Pendientes,” or “Always Ready,” glorified the life of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán.

The threats against the singer were written on four large banners hung in and around the city of Tijuana and criticized the artist, whose real name is Hassan Emilio Kabande Laija, for his “disrespectful and loose tongue.” The banners warned that if “he doesn’t pull out of the show, it will be his last,” The LA Times reported.

A couple of Peso Pluma’s upcoming concerts have been postponed, The LA Times reported.

Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum on Tuesday posted on X that the Sept. 14 Peso Pluma concert there had been postponed “due to unforeseen circumstances.”

A Peso Pluma show Sept. 15 at the Rosemont Theatre in Illinois was also postponed.

Peso Pluma won’t perform in Indianapolis this weekend, either. The Mexican singer was scheduled to perform Saturday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse but that show has been postponed until October.

More:
https://www.kwtx.com/2023/09/15/mexican-singer-peso-pluma-postpones-shows-wake-drug-cartel-death-threats/

(In this video, there are a few shots showing him and his fellow "artist" holding those giant guns. What is it, "show and tell" time during music videos?)

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