Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Muerte del Soplon by Los Tigres del Norte from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Lauro cantu villarreal
Lauro Cantu Villarreal
Fue el que traiciono a quintana
He was the one who betrayed Quintana
Cuando llevava una carga
When carrying a load
Para entregarla a la mafia
To hand it over to the mafia
Allí firmo su sentencia
There he signed his sentence
Y andubo a salto de mata
And andubo to jump of kills
En la ciudad de juliet
In the city of juliet
Y también en sur chicago
And also in South Chicago
Ya se sabia del soplon
You already knew about the snitch
Y lo estaban esperando
And they were waiting for him.
Y dicen que en kansas city
And they say that in Kansas City
Pudo escapar de milagros
He was able to escape miracles.
Un policía deshonesto
A dishonest policeman
Que también murió en la quema
Who also died in the burning
Dijo que estaba escondido
He said he was hiding.
En la ciudad de las vegas
In the city of Las Vegas
Que ya se iba para Europa
That he was already going to Europe
No mas cobrando unas deudas
No more collecting debts
Allí volaron los buitres
There the vultures flew
Este fue un fin de semana
This was a weekend
Pero lo encontraron muerto
But they found him dead.
Lo había matado una dama
He had been killed by a lady
Una mujer muy bonita
A very pretty woman
Que fue novia de quintana
That she was Quintana's girlfriend
La traición no es buen negocio
Betrayal is not good business
Cuando se apuesta la vida
When life is staked
Lauro no quiso entenderlo
Lauro didn't want to understand
Y traiciono a la familia
And betrayal of the family
Le costo mucho dinero
It cost you a lot of money
Y al final hasta la vida
And at the end until life
La rubia de la venganza
The blonde of revenge
Era de ojitos borrados
It was of erased eyes
Según el retrato hablado
According to the spoken portrait
Por la versión de un empleado
By an employee's version
Ella escapo de la ley
She escaped the law
Y nunca la han encontrado
And they've never found it
Allí volaron los buitres
There the vultures flew
Este fue un fin de semana
This was a weekend
Pero lo encontraron muerto
But they found him dead.
Lo había matado una dama
He had been killed by a lady
Una mujer muy bonita
A very pretty woman
Que fue novia de quintana
That she was Quintana's girlfriend
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