New Tuta Video: Rodrigo Vallejo, discusses his fathers replacement, invites Tuta to his home

Lucio R Borderland Beat, written using  material from Reforma, Michoacan 3.0, Borderland Beat, and Urbistv Noticias

Two new recordings of Rodrigo Vallejo aka ‘ El Gerber” and Servando Gomez Martinez “La Tuta” were made known in a report that was presented Tuesday Morning in Primero Noticias. (video footage is combines in one video at bottom of this post)

One of the videos has footage of Vallejo, the son of the .former Governor from Michoacán, Fausto Vallejo Mora, skipping protocol while strolling into the Public security secretary (SSP) detainment section.  He shows no ID, is not stopped, and does not sign in as he walks to a cell to visit a man wearing a black jacket.

The second video shows yet another TutaVision meeting between Vallejo and La Tuta, where decisions and political issues are discussed that would affect the future of Michoacan.

In the video, there is discussion of Ascension “Chon” Orihuela Barcenas, now a candidate for the governorship of Michoacán.

Vallejo expresses his detestation against Chon, and is concerned about the possibility that when his father would leave the governor’s position and Chon would fill the position. At the time of the video the governor was very ill and in need of a liver transplant.

Vallejo blamed Chon as being the person responsible, “for making all this mess”.

The video begins with Vallejo asking for a little more (whisky?) in his glass, Tuta responds by saying the glass is full.

Vallejo starts speaking about Chon, asking Tuta who is behind the decisions about Chon.

He continues, saying that he has direct orders from “the party” (PRI) that “if they kill a deputy” Chon is the replacement, in other words he is the replacement for any vacant position that would arise. “If my father leaves then he would replace him.”

He speaks about wanting Jose de Jesus Reyna to replace his father’s vacancy.   

He says he doesn’t like him, but it is because Reyna can be trusted.

Eventually Governor Fausto Vallejo did leave to the United States for his new liver, and it was not Chon that took over the governor’s position, it was Reyna.

The following footage is a brief exchange between a reporter and Chon, about the conversation in the Tuta video.    

The reporter asked about Vallejo’s discussion featuring Chon.

“Oh the bastard, he is crazy” replied Chon.

The reporter asks why Vallejo is discussing him.

Chon says, “Well, because they are afraid of me, I think.  Because if his father left,  I was to replace him.”

And he adds that they were worried about maintaining control.

Reyna

Reyna becomes Governor, then is arrested

The son of Fausto Vallejo was accused with the offence of covering up crime, while Jesus Reyna Garcia who also appears in a video with the leader of Templarios, was accused of drug trafficking and was arrested and remains incarcerated.

The PGR added no other charges against Vallejo, no trafficking, organized crime collusion, nothing.  Even though there have been three videos so far featuring meetings with Tuta, in one he was carrying a weapon. This despite the fact the PGR considered La Tuta,  "the most dangerous criminal in Mexico" at the time of his capture.

Rodrigo Vallejo Mora was released on bail on April 11th after paying a bond of nearly 7 thousand pesos, about 460 USD.  This figure was 1,853 pesos less the bail imposed on the normalistas of Escuela Normal de Tiripetío after their arrest during a protest.

Full video

“Pepe” sent in the video from Primeria Noticias which is the original and has greater detail.  It was released by  Televisa's Carlos Loret de Mola, on his morning news program (Primeria Noticias) yesterday.

The inebriated Vallejo,  tells Tuta about “his house”.  He talks about the swimming pool, and area of sand to lay out.  

He tells Tuta he does not like to leave the home.  Tuta says he likes to be out and about, but he can’t do that.

Vallejo invites Tuta to his home.  (Pepe says he is talking about the governor’s mansion)

He then tells Tuta they have a helicopter that Tuta can be transported to the estate in.

That is when Tuta howls with laughter.

The video ends

Why Loret de Mola published the video appears to have stemmed from a personal vendetta.  Gerber Vallejo's  father the former governor, accused Loret de Mola of lying when he reported the existence of additional Gerber Tutateca videos, after the first of the series came out.

That propelled Loret de Mola into a mission to assure the videos were released so that Gerber Vallejo returns to prison.

Televisa is notorious for being untruthful either outright or by omission to protect government heads, but they have the best sources of all agencies at their fingertips just for the asking.  In this case the PGR agency.

What is perplexing is why the PGR has not included the transcripts or the videos as evidence in a case against Gerber Vallejo for organized crime collusion. 

Dr. Mireles shared with Borderland Beat, that the raid by the autodefensas of a ranch in Arteaga, Michoacán, belonging to Tuta and where his mother resided, they found a massive amount of videos inside the home.  He said they were turned over to PGR.  Many months later a few videos began surfacing.