Narco-Corrido Group La Ventaja Arrested During Music Video Shoot

"Socalj" for Borderland Beat

Reports of armed civilians on a highway turned out to be the filming of a narco-corrido music video with fake firearms.

At least 12 members of La Ventaja, a northern musical group, were arrested in Navolato, Sinaloa, with 11 trucks and SUVs used during the recording of a narcocorrido, but the alerts went off because the command paraded with prop weapons, as if they were hitmen who unleashed the Culiacanazo to recover one of Los Chapitos three years ago. 

Sources confirmed that the band carried fake rifles. Other reports indicated that they did not expect citizens to report them as heavily armed civilians on the highway.

During the production of the video, 34 kilometers from Navolato, there was also an operation coordinated by the Army and Intelligence agents to arrest Heibar Josué Tapia Salazar, son of José Guadalupe Tapia Quintero, "El Lupe", identified as the main exporter of synthetic drugs of Ismael Zambada García, "El Mayo."

Ovidio Guzman Lopez was detained in 2019, cartel members blockaded the city, fired on soldiers and police, and threatened their families forcing "El Raton's" release.

Although it was not specifically indicated, the military foresaw retaliation operations and chaos such as what occurred during the Culiacanazo in October 2019, when the president of the republic ordered the release of Ovidio Guzmán López, a son of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, El Chapo, as a result of the violence unleashed by his brothers, as well as threats to attack military families if he was not returned.

The reports consigned by this portal indicate that the collaborators of La Ventaja were sent to the station of the municipality of Navolato for the crime. In addition, they needed to request a permit for the blockade of the road during their film.

Cristóbal Castaeñada Camarillo, Secretary of Public Security of Sinaloa, specified that everything is an administrative fault. The local court will determine the corresponding fine for them to go free without warranting preventive detention because it was not a serious crime. “When responding to a report on the presence of armed civilians, elements of the #PEPSinaloa secured 11 vans as well as several people, however, it was a group that recorded a video clip advocating crime, this in Navolato." the official reported.

Sources Infobae, Borderland Beat, Riodoce