NPR Music restored on October 17, 2026, on its website the full introduction that Félix Contreras, host of Alt.Latino, gave at the start of the Los Tigres del Norte Tiny Desk, one day after users noticed that those words no longer appeared in the YouTube version, according to Infobae.
The concert premiered on Thursday, October 15, on the NPR Music channel as part of El Tiny, the series dedicated to Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States. Before the Sinaloan band opened with Somos más americanos, Contreras spoke about attacks on the Latino community, the 1848 border change and the mass deportations of Operation Wetback. La Jornada reported on October 16 that the testimony had disappeared from the video. The fact matters because the group is a reference point for millions of Mexican families on both sides of the border, and the presenter is one of the Latino journalists with the longest track record in American public radio.
According to Contreras, the Latino community is going through a difficult moment: he said that "our community is under attack and it is not the first time" and that the musicians "have given us our humanity." Of the two Alt.Latino hosts who opened the program, Anamaria Sayre's remained in the video and only Contreras's final thanks was left. The full intervention remained available on NPR's Instagram account. On social media, viewers accused the network of censorship.
In an Instagram comment, NPR Music noted that Tiny Desk sessions usually omit their hosts' presentations and that the segment was removed temporarily for an editorial review, because the topic is emotional and complex. The network said it hopes to update the YouTube video soon, without giving a date. The session, about 20 minutes and five songs, closed the El Tiny season.
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