Mexican singer Julión Álvarez says his visa was revoked ahead of sold-out Texas show

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******** singer Julión Álvarez says his visa was revoked ahead of sold-out Texas show

******** singer Julión Álvarez said his visa to enter the United States was revoked before a sold-out May 24 show at

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in Texas.

His group, Julión Álvarez y su Norteño Banda, had to postpone the evening concert at the

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’ Arlington stadium with nearly 50,000 tickets sold, according to a May 23

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In a

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, Álvarez said he was told the morning of May 23 his work visa was canceled.

“It’s not possible for us to go to the United States to fulfill our commitment to you,” Álvarez, 42, said in Spanish. “It’s a situation that’s out of our hands.”

Concert promoter CMN and Álvarez’s record label Copar Music said they were looking to reschedule the performance with tickets remaining valid, the AT&T Stadium news release said. They would work to refund tickets in the coming days.

“I apologize to all of you,” Álvarez, who is called

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, said. “And God willing, we’ll be in contact to share more information.”

In an email response to USA TODAY, the U.S. State Department declined to comment on Álvarez’s announcement, since visa records are confidential by law.

In recent years, 

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 have increased in popularity in the United States.

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, or drug ballads, have 

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, including in the United States. The style has drawn the ire of officials in Mexico and the United States.

Álvarez is the latest ******** musician to say he had his visa revoked to perform in the country during the second Trump administration, as officials look to cut down on immigration.

Earlier this year, the State Department revoked the visas for band members of Los Alegres del Barranco after

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of ******** drug lord

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, known as “El Mencho,” while performing a narcocorrido dedicated to him at their Guadalajara, Mexico, concert in late March. The group had a planned American tour.

In early April, Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau

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Los Alegres’ work and tourist visas for “glorifying” Oseguera Cervantes, who is head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). The Trump administration has designated CJNG and other ******** cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.

Julion Alvarez performs onstage at the 2015 Billboard Latin Music Awards presented bu State Farm on Telemundo at Bank United Center on April 30, 2015 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Rodrigo Varela/Getty Images)

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. A spokesperson for the band defended their right to make their music freely, without punishment, in an

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It wasn’t immediately clear why Álvarez’s visa had been revoked ahead of his May 24 show. An award-winning regional ******** artist, Álvarez plays traditional corridos, or ballads, along with mariachi and cumbia. He’s known for songs about love or heartbreak, such as “

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In 2017,

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after the

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and former ******** professional soccer player Rafa Marquez of having ties to a drug trafficker identified under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. American officials accused them of acting as fronts to hold assets for the trafficker.

Álvarez denied the accusations. The designation had him banned from Spotify,

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In 2022, he was taken off the list, and Spotify allowed his music back on its platform, where he has

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. Álvarez then was able to perform in the United States again.

In mid-April, Álvarez had 

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 after years of not playing in the country, according to the Arizona Republic, part of the USA TODAY Network.

Eduardo Cuevas is based in New York City. Reach him by email at *****@*****.tld or on Signal at emcuevas.01.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:

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