Why are drug cartels stepping up their threats against corridos musicians?

thefader.com:

In “Ch y la Pizza,” a 2022 collaboration between Mexican corrido tumbado star Natanael Cano and Fuerza Regida, the California-bred música Mexicana group, hidden meanings abound.

In one verse, the song name-checks “JGL haciendo verdes,” thought to be a reference to Joaquín Guzmán Loera (better known as drug lord El Chapo) raking in cash.

Interpretations vary, but the song’s title itself could be a nod to “La Chapiza,” or a faction of the Sinaloa cartel helmed by El Chapo’s children, bolstered further by a play on words interpreted as an ode to how the cartel makes bank in the US: “En el gabacho se parte el queso / Pa' la CH y la pizza.” Some believe it could be a portmanteau of two warring factions between the Sinaloa cartel, Los Chapitos and La Mayiza.