Roberto Mendoza, a violin player with the Los Rancheros mari

UNITED STATES - MARCH 11: Roberto Mendoza, a violin player with the Los Rancheros mariachi band, poses in front of a mural in Mariachi Plaza in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Tuesday, March 11, 2008. Los Angeles mariachis are being exiled from the plaza where they strum up business while the city extends an $898 million light rail line. About 90 musicians agreed last week to move to a side street behind Mariachi Plaza, where residents come to hire traditional Mexican bands for weddings, barbecues, quinceanera parties celebrating girls' 15th birthdays and funerals. (Photo by Armando Arorizo/Bloomberg via Getty Images)