Tuta says he was killed in a 30 minute shootout

Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat

 Ok...the title is me having a little fun...the following is the story......

Yesterday evening on the facebook page attributed to Caballeros Templarios, used to spread news and

propaganda, it was announced the possibly death of Servando Gomez Martinez, aka “La Tuta” premier leader of Templarios.

Although Grillonautuas ran with the story we decided to sit on it having only the word of Templarios.  

The timing seemed too convenient, coming on the heels of Tuta’s release of an audio message in

which he announces his conviction never to be taken alive.  That fact that mainstream media and even blogs have seemed to keep an arms-length distance from the story is also cause to question the validity of the post.  

His predecessor before him, “El Chayo”, had faked his death, fooling  the media and government into thinking he was dead,  supposedly he also was killed in an intense shootout with the feds.  That shootout did occur with many deaths.  But Chayo was not among the casualties.  This was always  rejected by the Michaocan autodefensas, who reported him being alive and seen by many.

Hense, with this “Tuta killed” story I am cautious about possibly feeding into his hoax and will report later if and when we have proof.

Here is how the “facts” establish his death from the CT page, at around 1PM yesterday:

"Servando include martínez ' Tuta ', has been proven to be dead at noon on this day.  The death happened in Salvatierra, Guanajuato, together with 12 other people, including police officers and accomplices.

Although no authority has wanted to give information, sources for security have pointed out that the leader of the  Templarios was killed in a conflict facing  Federal Agents, as their was an operation for his arrest by federal agents including the Navy.

The faithful servants of the Tuta, accompanied by his leader, report this  tragic situation in which La Tuta engaged in almost 30 minutes of shootout before losing his life.  Three of his accomplices were captured by federal agents. 

(Chivis: CT must have a medical examiner with access to the body, who not only was able to quickly perform an autopsy, BUT completed the task in 1 hr!  in time for this announcement on facebook)

The cause of death was cerebral hemorrhage, bilateral shock, loss of blood, and crash trauma.

“It is hoped that authorities, will inform of the incident. We must stress that this week spread the Tuta,  gave out a  little piece of audio where he  indicated he preferred to die, rather than capture.. This week, also,  his wife, Ana was formally arrested and his daughter Sayonara was called to give statement."

Then 7 hours ago:

EN PAZ DESCANSSE EL SR SERVANDO

No photos, footage or proof has been presented

(The image at top was posted on the FB page and is a tribute to their fallen hero-I substituted the foto for one of my favorites )