The lyrics “Sonaron sei balazos, Camelia a Emilio mataba La policía sólo halló una pistol tirada/Del dinero y de Camelia, nunca más se supo nada” paved the way for the subgenre narcocorrido. The interpretation of the text says that Camelia and Emilio successfully complete their drug smuggling mission to America, where Camelia shoots Emilio after he threatens to leave her for another woman. She takes money from drug dealing and is never heard from again (Genius). Camelia and Emilio become imaginary heroes to his listeners as they have become figures through which individuals live vicariously. The story reminds the communities that this event experienced by Camelia and Emilio is reality, giving comfort and identity to the people. Because corridos can chronicle violence, drugs, and crime, they do so as an interpretation rather than a source of glorification of why they are popular among Mexican communities. Although the popularity of the corrido is invested in the communities,