RADIO STATIONS IN MEXICAN CITY BAN SONGS ABOUT DRUGS, VIOLENCE

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) -- There will be no more music about drugs and
violence on Mexican radio stations in and around Tijuana.

Baja California state radio stations signed an agreement Thursday to ban
songs known as narco-corridos and instead to play only songs that promote
positive messages and good values. They urged Spanish-language U.S.
stations across the border in California to do the same.

Casio Carlos Narvaez, a representative of the Radio and Television Industry
Chamber, said stations will not be able to compete if their U.S.
counterparts don't take the same step.

"We should promote this self-imposed regulation to avoid converting into
heroes and examples people who break the laws of our country," he said.

Narco-corridos have long been popular in Tijuana, which is trying to clean
up its image as a haven for drugs and crime. The folk songs chronicle the
tales of drug lords.