Authorities are investigating an alleged death threat directed at Junior H Tuesday night and urging the corridos singer to not perform in Tijuana at an upcoming show. A rep for the singer confirms to Rolling Stone Wednesday that “the date is still on” and tickets will continue to be on sale, despite the alleged threat.
According to Mexican newspaper El Universal, “narco manta,” or banner, was allegedly hung in the Buena Vista area of Tijuana and found by police around 4 a.m. Wednesday morning. The Baja California Prosecutor’s Office confirmed to Billboard that it was investigating the incident.
“Junior H, refrain from showing up on 08/11. If not, you’re going to get yourself klled,” reads the supposed banner, shared on social media, in Spanish. “Stop the nonsense: Not singing narcocorridos, it won’t save you. We do not forgive. Signed: CJNG.”
The prosecutor’s office in Tijuana did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone‘s request for comment but told Billboard that it would “provide full security” for Junior if he does choose to perform at the city’s Estadio Caliente.
In recent months, Junior has refrained from singing the narcocorrdios in his discography, including during a Coachella performance in April. Junior welcomed Peso Pluma onstage and they skipped their collaboration “El Azul,” written about a drug cartel leader in Sinaloa.
Junior H is currently on his $ad Boyz Live & Broken Tour across the United States, with a show scheduled for Charlotte tomorrow. He’s set to conclude his U.S. run in early November at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl. He is still scheduled to play Tijuana two days later, on Nov. 8.
The news around Junior H’s threat comes several months after Grupo Firme canceled a performance in Mazatlán, Sinaloa over a narcomanta Firme ended up canceling the show. “The well-being of the people who’ve been with us through this journey: our family, which is all of you, our fans, is and will always be the most important thing,” read the statement.
Several years, ago Peso Pluma and Fuerza Régida were forced to cancel their shows in Tijuana after similar narco manta threats — supposedly on behalf of the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación — were placed around the city.
