A summary of online political comments and not more scrutinized comments from Grupo Frontera
Grupo Frontera gets people to ask them about the border between the United States and Mexico: look at their name and look at the current political climate. For the most part, they just don't want to talk about that.
But behind the interrogation line have been the online rumors that the members of Grupo Frontera and those related to their members voted and supported President Trump in the presidential elections of 2024. Speculation has forced the artists “Tulum” to deny any affiliation with any political part several times.
So before the next concert of the Northern Band on SXSW on March 14, here is a review of the turbulent online speech of 2025, Texas artists have found themselves in the center of.
In an interview with Billboard published on Tuesday, the group was asked whether or not he felt the effects of the political moment.
“I mean, the name of our group, Grupo Frontera, I think it feels natural that people are, 'You are from the border', things like that,” said drummer Carlos Guerrero in the section of the interview that was made remarkably in December. “We always try to keep that private.” The percussionist Julian Peña Jr. added that the objective of the group of “talking about music, that's all.”
But this was far from the first time they have been asked or asked for singers of “Do not leave” or have been placed in a situation in which they have been forced to talk about the political situation of the United States. However, a pattern of indescribable responses follows that group members have previously provided.
In a video of Tiktok now eliminated that circulated earlier this year, Grupo Frontera was dancing with the mega success of the village “YMCA”, this online band fan due to the great association of the song with Donald Trump Trump Rallies, which the politician has used in his events since at least 2020.
Around the moment the video “YMCA” circulated, Grupo Frontera was announced as the main ones of the main ones at the Dream Music Festival in Chicago. Shortly after the announcement, a Change.org petition began that requested that the band be withdrawn from the festival's alignment and has collected more than 10,400 signatures.
The Chicago man who started the online campaign said he paid more than $ 800 and wanted a refund due to what he thought was the change of the band in ideology, according to the Times of Chicago-Sun. The man admitted that the group of the group Dancing A “YMCA” did not mention Trump or expressed any open political point of view, but pointed out that the moment of the post felt significant for him.
After the video circulation, the public networks in the group's social networks were filled with comments such as: “You should start singing in English”, “In Mexico we do not forgive” and “let's stop supporting a group that is antimexican.”
Hitmakers apparently responded to the violent online reaction they were receiving in a publication on social networks.
“We want to clarify that Grupo Frontera has no affiliation, not an alliance with any political party that is against immigrants and the Latin community,” the group wrote in an Instagram story of February 7. “Like many of you, our families and [group] The members have fought and fought for a better future, and we will always take the side of our people, defending our roots and values. “
The band continued: “It is important that you know that the opinions of our friends and family do not represent Grupo Frontera. We are immigrants, we are from the border, and Grupo Frontera will always be in and for people.”
(Trump was not mentioned in the band's statement).
A few weeks later, while he was on the red carpet at the Lo Nuestro Awards on February 20, television presenter Raúl de Molina asked Grupo Frontera: “You are called 'Border', what do you think about what is happening at the border between the United States and Mexico?”
“We are dedicated to music. We love everyone and we want peace and love. Take care of yourself, ”said Peña Jr.
The personality activist and the rights of social networks immigrants, Carlos Eduardo Espina, who promotes 12.3 million Tiktok followers, was among the many annoying people online and responded to the clip of the time of the red carpet with a strong condemnation of Peña Jr.'s comments.
“For me, this was one of the worst answers I have seen in a question in my whole life,” Espina said in a Tiktok video on February 21. “As the saying says, there are times when not saying anything says much. … what shame. ”
After that round of online criticism, Grupo Frontera decided to address the front situation in an Instagram video post on February 22.
“We are migrants, our parents are migrants. And we want to tell him directly that we do not support any political party that is against migrants, ”began Peña Jr.” said that, many things have been said about us that are not true. “
The band's bass player, Alberto Acosta, went to the “false news” that had circulated online about the artists “UN X100to”. “We are doing this Because people are putting us against our race, ”said Acosta.
“For example, the dance of 'YMCA', we had a routine before the shows during our last tour where we would dance a huapango or other song,” said band accordor Juan Javier Cantú. “We have danced that song from primary school and had nothing to do with any political party at that time.”
The main singer Adelaido “Payo” Solís proceeded to talk about a Tiktok video that shows his grandmother dancing to “Ymca” in apparent support for Trump. (Trump was not mentioned by his name at any time of the video).
“I want to tell everyone that the only opinions that have a border group are those that come from the group itself,” said Solís. “Anyone who is not one of the six members of Grupo Frontera cannot have an opinion in our name, nor speak for us, or express our emotions.”
Peña Jr. criticized home the group's intentions with their final statements.
“We are migrants. We are for migrants. We have always been, ”he concluded. “You know what we have done and have supported our race in the United States and Mexico and wherever we are. That is what this group represents, not what has been said about us. “
The Times has communicated with the representatives of Grupo Frontera to comment.
