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From narco-sanctioned music to secret videos and public banners, some Mexican drug traffickers have asked for forgiveness. But after decades of violence that, most recently, led to the murder of two Catholic priests, will Mexicans ever be ready to forgive?<\/em><\/p>\n It is about 90 seconds into what is a typical ranchera-homage, or narcocorrido<\/em>, of Ovidio Guzm\u00e1n — one of three brothers known collectively as the Chapitos<\/a>, a faction of the modern-day iteration of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel<\/a> — when the lead singer of the group, C\u00f3digo FN, suddenly feels the need for an aside.<\/p>\n \u201cOh, and by the way, I would like to apologize for the Culiacanazo<\/em>,\u201d he hums, making reference to the violent October 2019 upheaval against authorities that followed Guzm\u00e1n\u2019s brief detention<\/a> in Culiac\u00e1n, the city that has long served as the Chapitos\u2019 headquarters.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t fight,\u201d the singer\u00a0continues on behalf of Guzm\u00e1n in the video in which he is frequently surrounded by burning vehicles. \u201cThe wellbeing of my daughters comes first.\u201d<\/p>\n \n