{"id":144107,"date":"2026-02-13T18:04:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T23:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuevaonda.com\/mourning-in-mexican-regional-music-afrosan-singer-murdered-in-tlahuac\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T12:51:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T17:51:24","slug":"murder-of-afrosan-singer-in-tlahuac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuevaonda.com\/en\/murder-of-afrosan-singer-in-tlahuac\/","title":{"rendered":"Mourning in Mexican regional music: AfroSan singer murdered in Tl\u00e1huac"},"content":{"rendered":"

The murder of Juan Carlos Santiago Galv\u00e1n, better known in the music industry as “AfroSan”, has once again set off alarm bells about the dangerous intersection between the narcocorrido genre and organized crime in Mexico.<\/p>\n

The leader of the AfroSan y sus Centenarios group was shot in the head on the night of February 10 in the Tl\u00e1huac district of Mexico City, an event that resonates strongly among the migrant community in the United States, the main consumer and promoter of this musical genre.<\/p>\n

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What is known about the murder of AfroSan in Tl\u00e1huac?<\/h2>\n
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