Raquenel Villanueva Lyrics in English by Beto Quintanilla

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His last name is Villanueva and he lives in Monterrey

Of licensed profession, the woman is brave

Terror of the courts they nickname Raquenel

'That you defend pure drug traffickers', that's what the judge told him

What very millionaire sums, you charge, to defend

And to get rid of criminals that I just put in

I know that my way of working makes many people uncomfortable

Well, I have no commitments to any authority

They fight confinement, I fight freedom

I do not come to defend nuns or sacristans or priests

I come to take out my clients who request my help

That he charged them, he charged them, there is no doubt about that

I know I don't make up the world, but I have to help with something

My work is very human, those who can pay pay

With part of that money, I take food to the prison

She is a single mother and the girl is her love

Because she is noble and just, the world treats her the other way around

Well, the evil of men is cruel to women

There are already many attacks and God lets her live

The curse of the guilty, perhaps, is yet to come

Let God decide whose turn it is to die

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This corrido is a portrait of Raquenel Villanueva, a real defense lawyer from Monterrey who became famous in Mexico for taking on cases nobody else would touch. The song opens like an ID card: "Se apellida Villanueva y radica en Monterrey" (Her surname is Villanueva and she lives in Monterrey). Licenciada is how Mexicans address a woman with a law degree, and her nickname is "Terror de los tribunales" (Terror of the courts).

Then it turns into a courtroom argument. The judge accuses her: "Que defiendes puros narcos" (You defend nothing but drug traffickers). She doesn't flinch. "Ellos pelean el encierro, yo peleo la libertad" (They fight for locking people up, I fight for freedom) is the best line in the song, and she is blunt about money too: "paga el que puede pagar" (whoever can pay, pays), and part of it buys food for the prison. The last verses get darker: she is a single mother, "ya son muchos atentados" (there have already been many attempts on her life), and she leaves it to God to decide "a quién le toca morir" (whose turn it is to die). The video even ends with a mock radio news flash about another attack on her.

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