"Bert" Moreira Demands Forbes Delete his Name from Most Corrupt List

Chivis Martínez for Borderland Beat

The infamous former governor of Coahuila, Humberto Moreira, is in dispute with Forbes Magazine and its inclusion of him on their recently released list of Most Corrupt Mexicans.

He claims Forbes is responsible to him  for ensuing damage following the publication of the article titled : "The 10 most corrupt people of Mexico in 2013."

In a letter from Mexico City law firm Christian Zinser 

Cieslik and  Associates to the U.S. based magazine, charging the article, authored by Dolia Estevez, is false and has harmed their client.

The law firm stressed that the information published online and in the magazine publication is defamatory and malicious towards their client.

They have charged both the publication and Dolia Estevez responsible and says  compensatory and punitive damages are in order.

On behalf of Humbero Moreira they request a retraction  and an immediate apology to their client to be published in a prominent place on Forbes.

Oh brother, he just doesn’t know how to shut up and go away forever

In case anyone is wondering, Bert attributes his body to Crossfit training.

I translated the narrative long ago and it is below the video.  If anyone is able to add my translation to subtitles, I would be forever grateful. 

Bert this one's for you

Humberto and Ruben Moreira: The hidden face of corruption

English translation of video:

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In the State of Coahuila, behind the face of what is supposed to be a social government that helps people 

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is a well-armed criminal net of corruption, shadowy businesses and influence peddling; by Humberto and Ruben Moreira, their relatives and unconditional friends.

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Thanks to a very serious investigational work, secretly obtained several months ago, it has been discovered the tentacles that form the corruption net, that is headed by Humberto and Ruben Moreira,   through front men - ( Prestanombres 0:30)  that cover and hide sources of illicit enrichment

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It is  a casualty that the government of Coahuila is in debt for around 20 thousand million pesos.

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Much of this money was derived from the honest effort of the people of Coahuila.

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The reality is that it has been blatantly destined to enlarge the personal fortune of the Moreira Family and their unconditional friends. These are some of the unconditional friends and partners of the brothers Humberto and Ruben Moreira:

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Javier Villarreal Hernandez: Former secretary of finances and actual head of the SATEC (Tributary Administrative System of the State of Coahuila) He is an employee of the Moreira’s.

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From his strategic position inside the government of Coahuila, he has become the head of the financial operations of the Moreira net.

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Javier Villarreal Hernandez has been very careful that his name doesn’t appear in these transactions.

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He does everything in the name of Francisco Javier Flores Valdes, supposedly the nephew of the Moreira brothers and husband of his subordinate Anabell Torres Leza

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Lorenzo Schuessler Reyes, his wife’s brother in law; Aurora Villarreal Hernandez,

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his sister and his father, Hector Javier Villarreal Garcia    (continues next page)

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Who have under their names, ownership of  gas stations, car washes and expensive real estate.

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Vicente Chairez Yañez: Former Secretary of administration of the State and current Finance Secretary of the Directive Committee of CEN of PRI.

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He is the main operator and protector of Humberto and Ruben Moreira’s interests, as well as for their family.

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Vicente Chairez Yañez

is a dangerous man that enjoys of the trust, Humberto Moreira, has granted him. He is his lieutenant in dirty businesses and operations with abusing authority and police force use in Coahuila.

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Vicente Chairez Yañez is the direct link of all the corruption net

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With Ruben Flores, a questionable  attorney of San Antonio, Texas, that according to the proof obtained, he is who is in charge to legitimize and sanitize the operations of the Moreira net in the foreign country. (US)

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He is also the personal front man of Humberto Moreira in construction enterprises

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and real estate in the city of San Antonio, Texas, such as  

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Transnational Construction and Real Estate Co, LLC,

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Procon Marketing, LLC and

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VICAP Global Investments LLC, among others.

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Among the properties, and enterprises that appear under the name Vicente Chairez Yañez

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include a mansion in Bexar County in San Antonio, Texas with a contractual value of more than 700 thousand dollars,

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equivalent to approximately 10 million pesos.

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attention is drawn to the fact that Vicente Chairez and Roberto Casimiro Gonzalez,

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owner of the powerful communication media group RCG of Coahuila and one of the principal

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partners and benefactor of the Moreira’s , creating operations out of the country

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as front men of Humberto Moreira , Vicente’s wife’s brother in law is  Arnoldo Rivas Duron.

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On September 16^th, 2009, Vicente Chairez suspiciously, through a questionable transaction became the owner of channel 22 of Piedras Negras,

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previously it was  as part of the RCG group and owned by Roberto Gonzalez another front man for Moreira,

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furthermore as the enterprise Radio Communication of Saltillo S.A de C.V., that was obtained through Super Medios of Coahuila S.A de C.V. in October of 2009.

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Oscar Moreira Flores, uncle of Humberto and Ruben Moreira is the brother of their father:

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In 2009, the newspapers El Norte and El Siglo de Torreon

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exposed his dirty businesses with a value of over 50 million pesos.

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Francisco Xavier Flores Valdes: the nephew of the Moreira brothers and husband of Anabell Torres Leza,

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former secretary of Programming and Budget of the State of Coahuila.

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Francisco Xavier Flores Valdes amassed an unimaginable fortune for his 26 years of age,

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thanks to his unconditional relationship to the Moreira Family.

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Numerous signs and evidence place him as one of the principal front men inside the corruption net of the Moreira’s. He is owner, majority shareholder or stockholder of the enterprises and properties that the net possesses in Saltillo. It is estimated that altogether,

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These businesses have a value that exceed

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1000 million pesos.

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His enterprises are favored directly through his wife, Anabell Torres Leza, former secretary of Planning and Budget of the Government of Coahuila or through third parties with acquisitions and millionaire contracts by the State of Coahuila in an illegal covert method.

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Some of these enterprises are JP Incorporated S.A de C.V.,

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Grupo Inmobiliario e Infraestructura Los Alpes S.A de C.V.  (real estate corporation),

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Business Storage Corporation S.A de C.V.

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 Servicio El Toreo S. A. de C.V.

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and a ranch named Los Mimbres, near Parras, Coahuila.

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One of the multiple procurements of Javier Villarreal Hernandez, and operated by Francisco Xavier Flores Valdes, was the acquisition by the State Government through the Secretariat of Finance,

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of the offices of the Governmental storage center in Arteaga Coahuila. This property was deviously purchased

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 by the business Storage Corporation S.A de C.V., under the mane of Marco Antonio Martinez Saucedo and Francisco Xavier Flores Gonzalez, partner and father of Francisco Xavier Flores Valdez. The property was acquired with 

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15 million 500 thousand pesos, to be sold just 23 days after the purchase in 68 million 400 thousand pesos, 4 times more than the original price.

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Lorenzo Schuessler Reyes: Javier Villarreal wife’s brother in law and front man. He is the head of the Tributary Administrative System of the State of Coahuila (SATEC)

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 and the principal operator and front  man of Javier Villarreal Hernandez in the purchase of properties and business openings in the state of Texas. The participation of Schuessler Reyes in the Moreira net

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consists in acquisitions of properties in different cities of the state of Texas under the name of Schuessler enterprises.

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Some of the enterprises under Lorenzo Schuessler Reyes’ name, within a very long list, include

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MPV Family Partnership, LLC, Peninsula South Padre 1, LLC, Aero Premio, LLC, Alpes Group, LLC, Barcelona at Stone Oak, LLC, Villa Premio Gas, LLC and IXE Systems, LLC.

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Additionally, several properties are registered in the Public Records of Texas, under the names of Lorenzo Schuessler Reyes, and/or his wife Itzel Rotelo of Schuessler, sister in law of Javier Villarreal Hernandez.

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Ruben Flores Jr., lawyer of San Antonio, Texas: His law firm is in charge of giving legal representation for the multiple commercial, financial and property transactions that the Moreira net create in the foreign country.

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The law firm, The Flores Group, specialized in International Corporative Rights, Tax and Migration Services operating for the Moreira net, and the transactions and operations in the foreign country. The address of The Flores group is 7272 Wurzbach Road Suite 901, San Antonio, Texas.

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Rodolfo Camara Ahuja, representative of the Government of Coahuila in McAllen, Texas.

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Multiple properties of the Moreira in the foreign country are registered under his name.

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In addition to all this net of corruption, illicit businesses and influence peddling, through front  men of Humberto and Ruben Moreira, exists strong evidence that with no doubt show how members of Moreira Valdez Family have acquired

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numerous properties and buildings in the city of Saltillo, Coahuila, so blatantly, that without shame they are acquired  under their names

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as the compound  that Humberto Moreira possesses  in San Antonio, Texas under the name of his mother in law, Herminia Martinez de la Fuente, with swimming pool, spa and 5 spacious bedrooms with a value of more than 1 million dollars.

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This is just a part of the criminal corruption net that head Humberto and Ruben Moreira, and is what they plan to continue doing in Coahuila with Ruben Moreira as Governor.