Narco Cultura by Shaul Schwarz
Narco Cultura by Shaul Schwarz for Getty Images.
“Let’s face it, the heroes these days are not the lawyers or the politicians, the heroes are the
guys flashing the money,” says Narco music promoter Joel Vasquez outside a Narco-Corrido club in Los Angeles.
“The market is bigger than ever. I think we can be the next Hip-Hop.”
While death statistics have been documented ad nauseam, far less has been said about the broader social reality created by the drug trade and affecting the lives of millions of Latin-Americans. For many here, narco traffickers provide the only models of fame and success. Greed, drugs and violence have now created a new culture – a Narco Culture.
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