Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Encaramado by Ariel Camacho from Spanish to English.
En una pista en Tijuana
On a runway in Tijuana
Aterriza una avioneta
A small plane lands
Llamado El Encaramado
Called El Encaramado
Con diez maletas repletas
With ten suitcases full
Lo que no se imaginaba
What they didn't imagine
Que la arena estaba suelta
Was that the sand was loose
El piloto sinaloense
The Sinaloan pilot
El Diecisiete apodado
The Seventeen nicknamed
Se percató en el momento
Noticed at the moment
Que se acercaban soldados
That soldiers were approaching
Y en cuestiones de segundos
And in a matter of seconds
Ya se les había pelado
He had already taken off
Se hizo movilización
There was mobilization
Por aire, también por tierra
By air, also by land
También pusieron retenes
They also set up checkpoints
Por todas las carreteras
On all the highways
Lo que no se imaginaban
What they didn't imagine
Que se desapareciera
Was that he would disappear
Y ahí le va para todos los pilotos
And here it goes for all the pilots
Que se la rifan en el aire
That risk it in the air
Y arriba Guamúchil, Sinaloa, viejo
And up Guamúchil, Sinaloa, old man
Catorce le dice al Cinco
Fourteen tells Five
Bastante muy preocupado
Quite worried
Del jale se nos cayó
The job fell through
Y aquel no se ha reportado
And that one hasn't reported
Ya son noventa los viajes
There are already ninety trips
Nada nos había pasado'
Nothing had happened to us
Cuando el hombre apareció
When the man appeared
Dijo el Catorce 'Tranquilo
Fourteen said 'Calm down
Los aviones se reponen
The planes recover
Gracias a Dios que estás vivo
Thank God you're alive
El Seis espera en la pista
Six is waiting on the runway
Con un regalito fino'
With a fine little gift'
Al avión encaramado
To the plane El Encaramado
Guamúchil lo va a extrañar
Guamúchil will miss it
Ya no lo verán de noche
They won't see it at night
Pasar por el bulevar
Passing by the boulevard
La sierra de Sinaloa
The Sierra of Sinaloa
Siempre te va a recordar
Will always remember you
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