Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat
Gomez kept five million pesos (385k USD) "for the company" (Templarios).
Initially, an anonymous tip was sent to various Mexican media outlets, regarding a video text of a meeting between La Tuta and the family of the PRI senator, José Ascensión Orihuela Bárcenas. A transcript of the meeting was sent to the media. The video is another example of how much power Tuta has over people, especially in Michoacan.
Subsequently, the video surfaced. (see below)
Appearing in the video, is the family of PRI senator including; Eduardo Orihuela Estefan ( MP), Juan Carlos Orihuela (PRI congressional deputy of Zitácuaro), Juan Antonio Ixtláhuac Orihuela, former presidente municipal (mayor) of Zitácuaro.
The meeting was called because the brother of Mrs. Carmela Ascensión died. The senator's wife brother, Mr. Luis Miguel Estefan, was a wealthy businessman and hotelier.
The meeting was called because the brother of Mrs. Carmela Ascensión died. The senator's wife brother, Mr. Luis Miguel Estefan, was a wealthy businessman and hotelier.
At the meeting, he leader of the Caballeros Templarios cartel gives orders to two women and three men, on how to distribute the properties of a late hotel owner using percentages.
The Templarios leader, Servando Gómez Martínez alias "La Tuta", is seen on a YouTube video, dictating how he wants the distribution of the estate.
In the video , presumably filmed in Zitácuaro, La Tuta gives orders to two women and three men on how to distribute the estate of the late hotel owner, including specific percentages for Nora, Estefan's wife; Salvador and William, brothers; and Stephanie his common law wife, with whom the late businessman had an out of wedlock son.