ABSTRACT
In Mexico, narcocorridos are said to advocate for drug traffickers and hence are absent from radio and television airtime. The Internet provides different venues in which to challenge the official story regarding drug trafficking and the representations of its protagonists. According to USA Today: "Movimiento Alterado's boom began in 2009 when the Valenzuela brothers recorded songs by two bands and released them on the Internet because radio stations wouldn't play them." Often times, they are laudatory, but they also offer a chronicle of the war on drugs. Parallel to the actual war, a monopoly on the war narrative was implemented by the Mexican government, seeking to censor any cultural production that would offer a different version of the conflict. In Mexico, the Internet has largely escaped State censorship. The censorship of narcocorridos and narcocultura at different levels is undeniable and very visible, but there is also censorship of the discussion of narcocorridos and narcocultura in the media.
