Chaliolino Research Paper

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A legend shot by the cartel May 31, 1992, what caused this outcome? Born August 30, 1960 in Culiacan Mexico, Rosalino "Chalino" Sanchez is a stellar artist, composer, and singer.A legend who we all remember and heard of at least once in our life was shot by the cartel. Chalino sang a genre called narcocorridos, but this was not why he got killed. To understand "Chalino's" death threat and why he got killed, you need to research deep into his songs. "Chalino" Sanchez's career starts in 1991 with his first song "Lucio Villarreal" a song about a man and how he got killed. "Chalino" based his songs on 2 topics: the drug war and love. "Chalino" had many songs dedicated to drug traffickers and their tragic deaths such has the song "Contrabando en la Frontera" which tells the tale of Juan Escalante and Rosaura Santana who tried to smuggle 100 keys of marijuana through the border where they were caught and fired shots which killed 14 including them. …show more content…

This song sings about how 2 men were brutally tortured "without compassion." "Chahino" also sings the graphic and gory ending of the torture these men went through. He ends this song with a biblical ending: "Bad company/leaves nothing good." Despite all these songs ending in some tragic death and family members mourning for them, "Chalino" also had another side of his song. The most known part of "Chalino" is the love side. The "Chalino" also had a love side. "Chalino" has many well known love songs such as "Alma Enamorada" a song talking about how in-love is soul is in. He says this in many forms such as "Tengo el alma enamorada, muy enamorada, mi bien Si me das toda tu vida, yo te la doy también" which states how his soul is very in love and if you give him your life he'll give his

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