El Crimen de Culiacán

The Crime of Culiacán

El Crimen de Culiacán

I’ll sing you this balladLes cantaré este corrido
About two men who were killedA dos hombres que mataron
Without a shred of mercy, they were tortured real cruelSin tenerles compasión vilmente los torturaron
And when they were dead, they ran them over with a carY ya muertos con un carro por encima les pasaron

In the neighborhood of El PalmitoEn la colonia El Palmito
The city was CuliacánLa cuidad fue Culiacán
There were Francisco LópezAndaban Francisco López
And also Francisco BeltránTambién Francisco Beltrán
They never imagined they were gonna get whackedEllos no se imaginaban que los iban a matar

Francisco López had some debts to payFrancisco López tenía unas cuentas atrasadas
He had killed the guy who stole his girl awayHabía matado derecho al que le robó su amada
But Francisco Beltrán wasn’t guilty of a thingPero Francisco Beltrán no tenía culpa de nada

Another day they found themOtro día los encontraron
At the break of dawnAl amanecer el día
His guts were hanging out, and a dog was munching onTenía las tripas de fuera y un perro as la comía
And moments laterY unos momentos después
The cops rolled up on the sceneLlegaba la policía

With the Sinaloan bandCon la banda sinaloense
They went to lay them to restLos fueron a sepultar
And two mothers are cryingY dos madrecitas lloran
Unable to find solaceSin poderse consolar
For their beloved sonsPor sus hijos adorados
Who are now up in heavenQue ahorita en el cielo están

Now with this, I’ll take my leaveYa con esta me despido
And I’ll tell you in my songY les digo en mi cantar
That bad companyQue las malas companias
Leaves nothing good behindNada bueno han de dejar
I say it in this balladLo digo en este corrido
Don’t let it slip your mindNo se les vaya olvidar