El Crimen De Culiacan

The Crime of Culiacán

El Crimen De Culiacan

I’ll sing you this ballad about two men who were killedLes cantaré este corrido a dos hombres que mataron
Without a shred of mercy, they were tortured and thrilledSin tenerles compasión vilmente los torturaron
And when they were dead, they ran a car over them stillY ya muertos con un carro por encima les pasaron

In the neighborhood of El Palmito, the city was CuliacánEn la colonia El Palmito la ciudad fue Culiacán
There were Francisco López, and also Francisco BeltránAndaban Francisco López, también Francisco Beltrán
They never imagined that they’d be the ones to dieEllos no se imaginaban que los iban a matar

Francisco López had some debts he couldn’t payFrancisco López tenía unas cuentas atrazadas
He had killed the guy who stole from his love one dayHabía matado derecho al que le robó a su amada
But Francisco Beltrán wasn’t guilty in any wayPero Francisco Beltrán no tenía culpa de nada

Another day they found them at dawn’s early lightOtro día los encontraron al amanecer el día
Their guts were hanging out, and a dog was taking a biteTenían las tripas de fuera y un perro se las comía
And moments later, the police arrived on the siteY unos momentos después llegaba la policía

With the Sinaloan band, they went to lay them to restCon la banda sinaloense los fueron a sepultar
And two mothers are crying, unable to feel blessedY dos madrecitas lloran sin poderse consolar
For their beloved sons who are now in heaven’s nestPor sus hijos adorados que ahorita en el cielo están

Now with this, I’ll say goodbye and share in my songYa con esta me despido y les digo en mi cantar
That bad company brings nothing good alongQue las malas compañías nada bueno han de dejar
I say this for the ballad, don’t let it slip away wrongLo digo por el corrido, no se les vaya a olvidar