Authorities canceled concert of neo-Nazi metal band in Guadalajara and CDMX

band concert neo nazi metal Der Sturmer (DS), originally from Greece, which was intended to take place on Friday, January 13 in the city of Guadalajaracapital of the state of Jalisco, was finally cancelled, the report was given this Saturday, January 14 by the municipality of this city.

“The Directorate of Inspection and Surveillance of the Government of Guadalajara informs that it is not known that the concert of the Greek band Der Stürmer, scheduled for Friday, January 13, has taken place,” he announced in an information sheet released in social networks.

The municipality assured that, at the request of groups from the civil society who asked that the concert not take place, did not grant permission for the realization of the same. In addition, a strong inspection operation was carried out with 32 supervisions in city spaces such as bars, cultural centers, galleries and forums where said event could have taken place.

For his part, the mayor of the city, Paul Lemus He affirmed that although the place of the concert was not disclosed, with information from the intelligence work of the city’s surveillance system they were able to locate at least two possible places.

The lyrics of the band’s songs DSfounded in 1998, address topics such as the National Socialism, War, Anti-Semitism and Racism. Name Der Sturmer corresponded to the most popular weekly National Socialist and anti-Semitic propaganda tabloid in Germany between 1923 and 1945.

The publicity for the concert that circulated on social networks indicated that interested persons should request your tickets in private, in addition to the fact that it was announced that they could meet in a city park to be driven to the concert venue. So far, the local authorities indicated that in said park they did not identify such activity.

For a few days, a group called “Guadalajara Anti-Fascist Coordinator” He called on civil society from social networks to prevent the concert from taking place and asked the music promoters and the city council to make it possible for it not to happen.

“We summon the promoters of neo-Nazism in Mexico, the promoters of the concert and the metal rock bands participants to abandon the idea of ​​holding this concert that undoubtedly attacks us all”, they indicated.

The band also had a confirmed date in Mexico City, the venue where the Der Stürmer concert would take place, it would be at the Hendrix bar (HDX Circus Band), which is located on Cuitláhuac avenue, in the Azcapotzalco mayor’s office. However, the bar issued a statement the day before the alleged show, ensuring that no event of this nature was scheduled on that site.

Our place does not have shows scheduled until next Saturday, January 21, whoever likes it can confirm it. They will find the place completely closed

According to versions of Internet users, it is presumed that the concert changed headquartersalthough no one gave more details about it.

It should be remembered that in October of last year, an event took place that caused some commotion in Mexico, due to the fact that a clandestine celebration with fascist and neo-Nazi overtones in it Pentathlon Hall.

The secret event was attended by about 300 people and it was announced by the newspaper The country on November 7 after one of his journalists managed to infiltrate the place that was adorned with paintings of Adolf Hitler.

At that time, the secretary of the capital’s government, marti batres, warned that an ideology of violence, extermination, absolute intolerance and racism was not going to be allowed to reproduce in the city. And after this controversy, on November 10, the City Government announced that the hall located in the Santa María de la Ribera neighborhood of the Cuauhtémoc mayor’s office, was suspended.

(With information from EFE)

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