Lamberto Quintero



The corrido of Lamberto Quintero is based on a true story about a powerful drug trafficker from Sinaloa who was killed in a shootout in 1976. This corrido tells the story of a vengeance killing between the Quintero family and the Lafarga family. It all started over a misunderstanding when Ramón el Yuco Otañez Lafarga and a police official were casually taking on the street. Almost out of nowhere shots rang out and the policeman dropped dead. Ramón thinking that they were shooting at him shot back and killed Macario Payán, a member of the Quintero family, dead. The volley between these two families carried on until the demise of the two families. The corrido tells the story of how Quintero was not afraid of dying and wanted to live his life as a powerful drug lord.






Lamberto Quintero
played by
Los Pingüinos Del Norte
Rec. Piedras Negras, Coah. May 1994
by Chris Strachwitz and Jaime Nicolopulos



El día veintiocho de enero,
cómo me hiere esta fecha,
a don Lamberto Quintero
lo seguía una camioneta,
iban con rumbo a El Salado,
nomás para dar una vuelta.

Pasaron El Carrizal
iban tomando cerveza,
su compañero le dice:
Nos sigue una camioneta.
Lamberto, sonriendo, dice:
¿Pa qué son las metralletas?

Ya cerquita de El Salado
rugieron dos R-15,
allí dejaron a un muerto
enemigo de Lamberto,
quisiera que fuera cuento,
pero, señores, es cierto.

Un hombre fuera de serie,
alegre y enamorado,
platicando con su novia,
él estaba descuidado,
cuando unas armas certeras
la vida le arrebataron.

Clínica Santa María,
tú vas a ser mi testigo,
dos días después de su muerte
vuelven a sonar los tiros,
allí murieron diez hombres,
por esos mismos motivos.

Puente que vas a Tierra Blanca
tú lo que viste pasar
recuerdos dés a Lamberto,
nunca se podía olvidar,
yo por mi parte aseguro,
que hace falta en Culiacán.

The twenty-eighth day of January,
how it hurts to remember this day
for Mr. Lamerto Quintero
was being followed by a pickup truck
as he drove towards El Salado
while out just for a ride.

They passed El Carrizal
they were drinking beer
his friends turned toward him and said,
"A truck is following us."
Lamerto grinned and said
"What are machine guns for?"

Close to El Salado
two R-15´s roared
there they left one dead
enemy of Lamberto
I wish it were not ture
but gentlemen it is so.

A man unlike anyone else
happy and in love
talking with his girlfriend
he was caught unaware
until they opened fire
they took his life.

Santa María Clinic
you will be my witness,
two days after his death
shots rang out
there ten men died
for the same reason

Bridge that leads to heaven
you that has seen what has happened
give Memories to Lamberto
never can it be forgotten
for my part I promise
that there is emptiness in Culiacán

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