Proceso (9-23-14)
By Jenaro Villamil, translated by un vato for Borderland Beat
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| La Tuta in one of his videos |
MEXICO, D.F. (apro).- Servando Gomez, La Tuta, is not just any criminal. He's not just the leader of a cartel, the terror animator in Michoacan, the political puppeteer of all the political parties and the only one who has not been substantially affected nine months after the appointment of a presidential commissioner to his state.
He is all that and more. He is also a skillful producer and distributor of videos, telephone conversation intercepts, compromising audio recordings and Internet threats that transform him into a mix of hacker and Osama Bin Laden. Gomez has known how to capitalize on his own scandal to demonstrate that everybody (or almost everybody) sat at his party table. He's a post-modern Carlos Ahumada who does not bother to hide his agenda. [Carlos Ahumada was a political prisoner during the Salinas administration. -- un vato]
La Tuta TV has obtained a residence card on the social networks. Not without some sarcasm, several Twitter accounts announce: Who's the next protagonist in La Tuta TV? Rodrigo Vallejo, son of the former PRI governor, has already appeared, the mayors (alcaldes) businessmen and the Televisa correspondent in Purepecha territory.
La Tuta TV is a slap in the face to the government's justification for intercepting social networks and telephone calls. Very paradoxical! Meanwhile, the Secretariat of the Interior (Segob), the Federal Telecommunications Institute, the majority of senators and "specialists" twist themselves into knots trying to justify why Articles 189 and 190 in the Chapter titled "Collaboration with Justice", which allow privacy violations and spying on citizens, were allowed to remain in the Telecommunications Law. They told us endlessly that it was about combating organized crime. That it will be supervised by a judge and will not be employed arbitrarily.
La Tuta TV has shown that not even the billions of pesos in the budget assigned to CISEN's espionage, nor the invasions of privacy nor international legislation on Internet and telephone matters are sufficient to catch him or stop his media counteroffensive. He is capable of "geo-locating" anybody before they can find him.
He is able to do more than the entire State apparatus. Or, maybe, with the collaboration of a part of that apparatus that he keeps under the permanent blackmail of his multiple videos and meetings "at the table."
La Tuta TV is a clear demonstration of the corruption that is not resolved with police forces, community police, rural guards or espionage equipment. Because all of that security model does not alter the fundamental equation of the Caballeros Templarios cartel; its status as a parallel state and its penetration into society.
As with any good parallel State, La Tuta's cartel also has its television enterprise. He does not, like multimillionaire German Larrea or magnate Carlos Slim, need to purchase a television network to defend his interests. Neither does he need a permit, as if he was a community network, to distribute its contents. For that, he's got YouTube, the social networks and the journalists at several electronic media whom he pressures and blackmails.
La Tuta TV contacts reporters, makes fun of Televisa, pressures MVS, passes out "chayos" (favors) at will, orders harassment or murder of commentators who do not want to come sit at his table. La Tuta TV is like fire. Whoever gets close to him will get scorched.
His arguments are as cynical as that of any mafia: why are they harassing him, when "they" are all corrupt? Servando Gomez is a blend of the methods used by Marcial Maciel [Very corrupt Catholic priest.-- un vato], the violent philanthropy of La Mama Rosa, the criminal millenialism of La Nueva Jerusalen (New Jerusalem cult) and even the messianic style of PAN president Felipe Calderon. All of them Michoacan phenomena. That is the most cruel inheritance left by La Familia Michoacana and Los Zetas.
La Tuta TV has demonstrated that if they want to finish him, they must first assume that they collaborated with him. That the problem in Michoacan is not just one sharp, unscrupulous individual. The real problem is the failure of a military operation that was empowered by an ungovernable State but which only aggravated the State of terror.
http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=382878
La Tuta TV has obtained a residence card on the social networks. Not without some sarcasm, several Twitter accounts announce: Who's the next protagonist in La Tuta TV? Rodrigo Vallejo, son of the former PRI governor, has already appeared, the mayors (alcaldes) businessmen and the Televisa correspondent in Purepecha territory.
La Tuta TV is a slap in the face to the government's justification for intercepting social networks and telephone calls. Very paradoxical! Meanwhile, the Secretariat of the Interior (Segob), the Federal Telecommunications Institute, the majority of senators and "specialists" twist themselves into knots trying to justify why Articles 189 and 190 in the Chapter titled "Collaboration with Justice", which allow privacy violations and spying on citizens, were allowed to remain in the Telecommunications Law. They told us endlessly that it was about combating organized crime. That it will be supervised by a judge and will not be employed arbitrarily.
La Tuta TV has shown that not even the billions of pesos in the budget assigned to CISEN's espionage, nor the invasions of privacy nor international legislation on Internet and telephone matters are sufficient to catch him or stop his media counteroffensive. He is capable of "geo-locating" anybody before they can find him.
He is able to do more than the entire State apparatus. Or, maybe, with the collaboration of a part of that apparatus that he keeps under the permanent blackmail of his multiple videos and meetings "at the table."
La Tuta TV is a clear demonstration of the corruption that is not resolved with police forces, community police, rural guards or espionage equipment. Because all of that security model does not alter the fundamental equation of the Caballeros Templarios cartel; its status as a parallel state and its penetration into society.
As with any good parallel State, La Tuta's cartel also has its television enterprise. He does not, like multimillionaire German Larrea or magnate Carlos Slim, need to purchase a television network to defend his interests. Neither does he need a permit, as if he was a community network, to distribute its contents. For that, he's got YouTube, the social networks and the journalists at several electronic media whom he pressures and blackmails.
La Tuta TV contacts reporters, makes fun of Televisa, pressures MVS, passes out "chayos" (favors) at will, orders harassment or murder of commentators who do not want to come sit at his table. La Tuta TV is like fire. Whoever gets close to him will get scorched.
His arguments are as cynical as that of any mafia: why are they harassing him, when "they" are all corrupt? Servando Gomez is a blend of the methods used by Marcial Maciel [Very corrupt Catholic priest.-- un vato], the violent philanthropy of La Mama Rosa, the criminal millenialism of La Nueva Jerusalen (New Jerusalem cult) and even the messianic style of PAN president Felipe Calderon. All of them Michoacan phenomena. That is the most cruel inheritance left by La Familia Michoacana and Los Zetas.
La Tuta TV has demonstrated that if they want to finish him, they must first assume that they collaborated with him. That the problem in Michoacan is not just one sharp, unscrupulous individual. The real problem is the failure of a military operation that was empowered by an ungovernable State but which only aggravated the State of terror.
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What is Tutas reason for leaving the teaching profession to being a hard core criminal?
ReplyDeleteHe wanted a corrido written about him
DeleteWhat do u think $$$$$$$$
He left teaching because one or several times the zetas or milenio cartel kidnapped his family member's. Sounds justifiable to me. If someone ever did that to me or a member 99 my family I'd too would try at looking or finding ways too become a big person, and then finding the son of a bitch who caused the harm and dissapear his whole family.la familia is Sagrada don't do to others what you don't want them to do to you. The man la tuta has anger I don't blame him.......
DeleteBecause the teachers union in Mexico is more corrupt than any cartel. it's all about the Benjamins.
DeleteHe's a teacher, he stop teaching for the government and now teaches for the people showing them how to exploit the government that has for many years exploited the people. Mafia men is just another boogie man title just like terrorist. Are they using the word in its context or just lazily label their enemys to paint them in a bad light. If you ask me he's using black market capitalism against the legal exploiting capitalist you find in that region. You see your either a capitalist to exploit or a capitalist that just wants to make money for you and your pueblo. Tuta has learned from nazario Moreno who also had a lot of socialist ideologie. Maybe Tuta is using what he has learned and more.
Delete$$$$$$$$$$$$$)
DeleteMoney and greed.
DeleteCarlos Ahumada was in prison under Fox and Calderon's administration. Not Salinas administration.
DeleteHe was inspired by "Breaking Bad".
DeleteMONEY
Deletelmao at all the reasons hahaha the real reason he left teaching was, hes wants to come to US and teach over here but before he leaves Michoacan hes going to make some noise out there.
Deleteleft teaching to start a reality show " La Tuta Amigo de los Amigos"!!!!
DeleteFor the same reason Tony Montana quit his dishwashing job Money Power and lots of women
DeleteLa tuta already working on his superbowl commercial
ReplyDeleteFunny lol
DeleteGreat! Now Bob Costa is going to be on one of video as well?
DeleteTuta, you're one bad mofo and you're rants have a point. Castillo has nothing on you but on the contrary....
ReplyDelete@ 10:57 Money & Power?
ReplyDeleteHe said it did not suit his "restless" personality. lolol.
ReplyDeleteMoney respect that's the reason.
ReplyDeleteHe looks like he's rapping.
ReplyDeleteTrue that
DeleteSponsored by the Mexican blood avocado and blood lime industry of Michoacan.
ReplyDeleteThe money and the power homeboy
ReplyDeleteOigan a este idiota. pendejo
DeleteSept. 26 @4:08am
DeleteLOL!!!!
tha money" dou wich way didi he go eddie!"lmfao
ReplyDeleteI wish FX or HBO would carry La Tuta TV.
ReplyDelete@ 10:57 "What is Tutas reason for leaving the teaching profession to being a hard core criminal?"
ReplyDeleteUnappreciative parents?
I like him. well not really, he's a piece of shit. But I do like how he's showing everyone how corrupt these even more pieces of shit elected officials really are. Rarely is corruption investigated in Mexico. La Tuta delviers them in a plate..
ReplyDeletePuto tuto pendejo en ves de que ayudado al pueblo se puso a joderlo mas.... ahora el de los ojos rojos lo esta esperando a ver que ase ahora.... no todo el tiempo se puede estar escondido
ReplyDeleteTuta said teaching was not fulfilling in interview with mundo fox.
ReplyDeletetuta is taking over now
ReplyDelete10:57 you become a teacher to better your economic status, in school in mexico, many times you ger ensnared by social science studies oriented to marxism and socialism, which easily apply to everybody's lives, but many people get into social causes honestly believing and then get sidetracked by their impatience, wanting revolutionary results, and get into a life of crime, in the leninista/stalinista way of taking from the rich, robbing, i mean expropriating banks, enterprises, kidnapping and murdering.
ReplyDeleteSir tuta shows some good training, his son huber's name suggests HUBER MATOS, one of fidel's most loyal and able commanders, survivor of the castrista assassinations of fidel's own best friends and commanders.
--After camilo cienfuegos arrested huber matos, he paid for his own popularity and US leaning sympathies, che guevara and raul castro did not like having pretty boys stealing fidel's thunder, che himself got sold down the river, coincidentally, to a BOLIVIA full of nazis, big drug trafficking german pharma, klaus barbie, felix ismael rodriguez, CIA, and the start of the cocaine trafficking to the US and the modern era's dirty wars that turned many US cocaine cowboys into multimillionaires, and latin america into killing fields of american operatives murdering farmers and laborers into submission.
Sir tuta found his way, and he will be gone for his sins, others will go teir own way, Dr Mireles is said to have refused the money already, he is in prison already, he needs his own PR operators, better than what he has now, his liberationist efforts are getting stunted for lack of money, and we know "con dinero ladra el perro" and "money talks, bullshit walks", i really think Dr Mireles needs to get out of mexico and lead a better campaign from outside, we don't need another martyr, AND Doctor Mireles has done better than la puta tuta, castillo and pena nieto without spending any money or credibility in paid propaganda, THAT IS PRICELESS...
Just cause the mafias with more money win the wars against the socialist don't mean socialism is meaningless. You can't speak on with out adressing the sabotages all the western imperialist created for the small socialist country's. Just cause your born into this society doesn't mean everything else is wrong. Learn history then you can speak on Marxist ideas
DeletePension?
ReplyDeletereality tv
ReplyDeleteLos reales corruptos de México
Only dedicated students would have the patience to study the conceptos elementales del materialismo historico, by chilean martha harnecker, it was required reading in bachelors social science class in college, it fed many a young mexican revolutionary's mind, ignorant people would not get past the title, i was three months into it when my beloved teacher started egging me into "revolutionary studentism", problem is i had been vaccinated against being anybody's puppet by my father's belt, what i do is my thing, not any puppet master's, tuta had better professors, and guerrilla training...
ReplyDeleteno one likes la tuta he makes videos to make himself feel better - people pretend to like him because otherwise you die - does anyone see a parallel between la tuta and saddam hussein here ?? does anyone recall where the US special forces found hussein ?? case and point its only a matter of time. If you want to spend your time in the fast lane stealing from others, extorting from poor and running all your life from your enemies and authorities just become a cartel kingpin. I wonder how running and cowering all the time feels even if your pockets are plush with cash.
ReplyDeleteIn the end its not worth it for those that look into it. If you want to flaunt your money then build up your empire in say shoes or electronics or something else. You will never live free with your money as long as your wanted. Who wants plastic surgeries and constantly be looking over your soldier. You can't even trust friends or family anymore is that really the way you want to live out your life people . . . the question is open ended because its up to you in the end . . . were all going to die some day its true but how do you want to spend your last days . . . arranging drug deals cowering in your condo waiting for authorities to find you or having thanksgiving with your friends and family never having to worry about someone looking to behead you and kill your family. You cant take your bugatti to heaven or hell wherever you decide to go with you but you can take your memories with you. Remember that.
Ah seems like another commenter speaking out of his ass. Sadam Hussein did good things. Just cause he dint wana sell you oil no more you unlce Sam tells you to hate him. Saddam was a socialist and brought prosperity to Iraq under socialism. But your mafia american country hates the workers and the poor and any one that represents the workers so why don't you go back keep stroking your unlce Sam and enjoy the lies he feeds you!
DeleteNo. He made videos to protect his public image by showing currup officials. Pretty smart guy
Delete@8:21: Thank you for the correction. Salinas' involvement arose when Ahumada claimed that the video showing him (Ahumada) in his office giving stacks of cash to Rene Bejarano was planned by Diego Fernandez de Ceballos (Don Diego) and Carlos Salinas. Ahumada was the only individual involved in this scandal that did hard time since Bejarano was released shortly after his arrest and exonerated. Most commentators at the time credited AMLO with responsibility for Ahumada's incarceration.
ReplyDeleteI found it interesting that Villamil draws parallels between La Tuta and Ahumada, two individuals that appear to have (in Tuta's case) or have had (Ahumada) the Mexican government by its political testicles. -- un vato
El Profe
ReplyDeleteWhat's Tuta's reasoning? He said he had "daddy issues".
ReplyDelete-El Arrepentido de la Sierra
ese wey es un traga maruchan ke regala dinero... hasta donde llega Lo pendejo.
ReplyDeleteI would watch his reality tv show ,
ReplyDeleteNew age revolutionary! That man had some balls!
ReplyDeleteTuta marries kim kardashin before the years over
ReplyDeletesomeone needs to kill tuta already his videos are boring and full of non sense we do not like him or trust him (mexican people im saying)
ReplyDeleteYou don't like it, change the channel.
DeleteF puta the tuta B a$$ Bast
ReplyDeleteKike plancarte and el chayo were sricking it up miguel angel gallegos godoy's ass and wanting more and more money to pay for pena nieto's ellection, tjat is why gallegos godoy started giving the ct a worse name than they had with more crime and extortion in the name of ct, now that la puta tuta is gone, the viagras and juersaz ruralez keep robbing kidnapping and murdering, just taking over for the ct, no improvement, castillo's resultz...
ReplyDelete"Sadam Hussein did good things. Just cause he dint wana sell you oil no more you unlce Sam tells you to hate him"
ReplyDeleteYou have a point?It was stable in as much you can keep Iraq stable considering how many tribes and differences there are(that's why it needed a strong man to keep a semblance of order)Whatever way you look at it,it definitely wasn't worse than we all left it"after we liberated the Iraqi people"
Somewhat similar to what we are doing to Syria?Funny that...
Un Vato
ReplyDeleteThanks for the translation appreciate it dude !
8:21 iraq was invaded by the us armed forces, iran was used by the US intelligence community to take over the US embassy there.
ReplyDeleteIsis is all being run by undercover intelligence from CIA and the UK to drag the US to war Again, there are differencesall over the place, the only common denominator is US, UK intelligence and private mercenary war makers for both countries and their european associates, saddam hussein was a better person than the bush crime family and dick cheney and co.