Tuta Complains Americano and others Owe him big time

by Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat

Servando Gomez Martinez, "La Tuta", is once again reaching out to the public to share his woes.  His beef this time is with the  former Buenavista autodefensa group.

The former group known as "H3" is the most controversial autodefensa group, as many in  the group were made up of so called "former" Templarios. Many are now "Rurales" working for the government.

Luis Antonio Torres, aka El Americano, was the Leader/Coordinator of Buenavista (H3) including all the communities in Buenavista.

Originally, autodefensas labeled each group who raise arms with a "H" and a sequential number.  H1 was La Ruana, headed by Hipolito Mora.

In the video Tuta asserts that members of the Buenavista "community police", owe "The Company" (Caballeros Templarios) a large amount of money

In the 51 second recording, Tuta says that, among others,  'comunitarios' (community police) such as, Luis Antonio Torres, aka "El Americano", H3, now has a leadership role in the government controlled "Rurales" group, and Adalberto Fructuoso Comparan, aka "Fruto" former mayor and founder of the Aguililla self defense forces, owes the cartel money for drugs or cash loans.

Americano  has always maintained a close personal and business relationship with the seven Sierra Santana brothers, the founders of "Los Viagras", the first splinter group of  Templarios.  After they splintered, Viagras and Tuta came to a working agreement.

Last fall a video surfaced in which Tuta is giving an ultimatum to Carlos Sierra Santana for not abiding with the conditions of the agreement encroaching on territory of Templarios.  In the video El Americano appears.

What Tuta apparently did not know at the time, is that Viagras broke their agreement with Templarios and had allied with CJNG and Mencho.  Carlos and his brother Mariano are the premier leaders of Viagras.

Viagras had discovered that Mencho had both the federal police and some former community police on the payroll allowing him to conduct business at will, that was enough to compel the brothers to jump ship.

Based out of the Huetamo area, but when they joined CJNG they began operating in  the Coastal Sur area of Guerrero.  They conduct most of the kidnapping and killing in the area and is said to take care of Mencho's "dirty work".

Dr Mireles says the Viagras are a very dangerous group, they have no loyalty and are even more brutal than Templarios.

El  Gavilan, jefe de plaza of Petacalco (CJNG), Guerrero, was recommended for the position by the Sierra Santana brothers.  Gavilan was blamed,  via a Guerrero banner, as the perpetrator of the Harry Devert kidnapping.  He and/or his lieutenant El Tigre.   Galivan hung banners disclaiming the crime.  However, the brutal crime was done, no doubt, at the direction of Mencho by either Viagras or Gavilan, or in coordination of both.

The Sierra Brothers are Godsons of El Chango Méndez, leader of La Familia Michoacana.  Some of the LFM cells are now with Los Viagras.

Self defense groups were split into two groups, one is the coastal group led by Dr Mireles.  The other group was led by Americano, Cinco and Smurf.

It was the Americano group that "allowed" reformed narcos to serve in  self defense groups.  

The coastal group of municipalities have the reputation of being clean.  It was in one of those commuities, La Mira, where  Dr Mireles, coordinator for the coastal groups, was arrested.

Purportedly, Americano now has control and operation of many of  the drug labs in Michoacan.  

When he is not fighting crime with the  Rurales, of course.

Tuta mentions yet another video,  with "Denisse Demerck", (I am sure he mean Televisa's Denise Maerker) .  In the  video, he says he speaks a little about "Fruto", " I was asked about him, and I answered I was not the person to ask, because they will say I am speaking bad about him, or to have attention drawn to him. to make him look bad for several situations that have occurred. 

He continues, "But I am going to tell you something, "La Mami", who was police in La Ruana, who owes a lot of money to the company. "

"And, he owes drugs to almost all of the boys."

"El Americano from Buenavista owes us a lot of money. "Fruto" was loaned cash. I don't know if that was the reason or whether that was the real difference with "Tena". I know that he has said he has a lot of respect for us", La Tuta points out. 

He asserts that Maerker does not dare broadcast the video because  because "She's  Televisa, one of the government networks and they don't want to expose the situation."

Several months ago, the Federal Commissioner for Safety for Michoacan, Alfredo Castillo, said that "La Tuta's" arrest would be the icing on the cake for the Federal operation that was undertaken in Michoacan.

The government official insisted Tuta's capture "would take place"..

That is yet to happen