Remembering Ariel Camacho, the 22-year-old star of Mexico's narcocorridos

The World | Feb 27, 2015

Ariel Camacho, lead singer of the group Los Plebes del Rancho, was killed in a car accident on Wednesday. Just 22 years old, Camacho was already a big name in the world of narcocorridos, Mexico's musical odes to drug trafficking culture.

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