A small brothel and vendors selling pirated DVDs, homemade porn, and fake Polo shirts surround “The Colombian Embassy” in Monterrey. The Embassy is a small stand on Revolución Street run by a guy named Mario Durán, who sells every imaginable trinket imported from Colombia: t-shirts, “I [heart] Barranquilla” bumper stickers, flags, key chains, airbrushed paintings of tropical landscapes, straw hats, drums, and guacharacas—but more than anything, cumbia music. Read the rest at Vice Magazine: THE CHOLOMBIANS - Sticky Sideburns and Stoner Cumbia in Northern Mexico - Vice Magazine 

A small brothel and vendors selling pirated DVDs, homemade porn, and fake Polo shirts surround “The Colombian Embassy” in Monterrey. The Embassy is a small stand on Revolución Street run by a guy named Mario Durán, who sells every imaginable trinket imported from Colombia: t-shirts, “I [heart] Barranquilla” bumper stickers, flags, key chains, airbrushed paintings of tropical landscapes, straw hats, drums, and guacharacas—but more than anything, cumbia music. 


Read the rest at Vice Magazine: THE CHOLOMBIANS - Sticky Sideburns and Stoner Cumbia in Northern Mexico - Vice Magazine 

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