A popular Mexican band has been fined more than $36,000 for performing songs glorifying drug cartels, authorities in the northern city of Chihuahua announced Wednesday.

At a Los Tucanes de Tijuana performance on Saturday, nearly a third of their songs were "narcocorridos " glamorizing drug traffickers, according to city official Pedro Oliva.

The songs "glorified crime or alluded to the perpetrators of illegal acts," Oliva said in a television interview.

Los Tucanes were banned from performing in their home city Tijuana from 2008 to 2023 for alleged shoutouts to two drug traffickers during a concert.

Los Tucanes de Tijuana attend The 23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards at Michelob ULTRA Arena on November 17, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Denise Truscello/Getty Images for The Latin Reco

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