“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat
For the connoisseurs of music, the lively rhythms that Colombian musician Aniceto Molina was known for are heard right away. Everything seems to indicate that this is his upbeat cumbia, ‘El Diario de Un Borracho’.
Upon further listening, we learn right away that this isn’t the case, though. What we have here instead is a remix by a different artist. The classic song about an alcoholic who laments his misadventures with love was inverted on its head and rehashed differently. Why?
The truth is heard in the new lyrics where La Ribereña, a stretch of highway that runs from the city of Nuevo Laredo to the town of Miguel Alemán in the state of Tamaulipas, is mentioned. Armed confrontations against Mexican soldiers are brought up. And intonations that speak of war in service for their cartel are also there.
If this wasn’t enough to convince any one of the drastic changes that have taken place. There’s also the issue of the cover art that was chosen for this peculiar song. At a glance, it seems like nothing more than an edgy art piece. But is it really this? Or was the abstraction deliberately designed in the likeness of the deity known as Baphomet?
Let’s not forget about the beautiful female dancing away in this broadcast. Who exactly is she? The Vivo en Marte profile on X reminds us that teenagers in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas are openly bragging on their social networks about wanting to be part of the Cartel Del Noreste organization. And that their indoctrination begins at an early age.
Sources: Vivo en Marte, Aniceto Molina, Jan Glack