The mystery of Marcela | Shows

Mexico City Marcela Basteri comments that she was a cheerful, affectionate mother, given to her children, but with the misfortune of falling in love with a man like the now loathed Luis Rey, with who he formed a family

Knowing what happened to this woman born in Massa Carrara, Italy, 72 years ago, mother of the Mexican idol Luis Miguel and her brothers Alejandro and Sergio, is a controversial and even morbid subject

"The fact that Luis Miguel has always been extremely hermetic on this issue has given rise to all kinds of versions and assumptions that I believe are almost all wrong," explains Javier León Herrera, author of the book Luis Mon Roi, on which part of the Netflix series is based.

"Unfortunately, there is no hope that Luis Miguel's mother will appear, because she left this world several years ago," says the Spanish journalist. , who edited the book La Hi storia in collaboration with Juan Manuel Navarro

Today Luis Miguel, the series conveys the chapter that deals with the singer's mother, who was missing in 1986.

"We do not know where he is because we have not seen him since 1986," was the statement of Luis Miguel's great aunt, Adua Basteri, at Grupo Reforma in 1996.

"The Power manipulator Luisito Rey and the false versions that he was responsible for the spread made a big sprain, first in his own children, who believed him, and later realized the deception.

" The truth is what I tell you, she died several years ago, "says the journalist who, according to her research, reports that Marcela died in the last quarter of the year 1986 in Spain

L & Marcela's absence was a pain with which "El Sol" learned to live.

"My mother told me missing a lot, I would say that it's one that I miss the most, because it's the least I have the opportunity to see ", were the words of Luis Miguel on the program of Verónica Castro in 1989.

He disturbed and injured

It was in 1982 when Luis Miguel paid a musical homage to the woman who gave him the life the theme "Marcela ", written by his father and included in his album Directo al Corazón. Then the success was barely present and the Gallego Basteri were united. After the disintegration of the family, the singer's love for his mother was still intact.

"I learned from his team that in the early '90s there was a very powerful research team looking for it up there. worried and hurt him, he never discussed this subject with him, "explains Pedro Torres, director of the famous video of" The Incondicional ".

In 2003, Micky granted an interview to the Otro Rollo program in which he expressed his desire to see his mother after Adal Ramones asked her what would be her request to Santa Clos.

"Revisiting my mother, it's the gift of my life," he replied on this occasion. 19659002] "I wanted to disappear"

One of Luis Rey's closest friends in Mexico was the actor Andrés García, who remembers the moment when Luis Miguel's father asks for it. helps to make his wife disappear.

"He (Luis Rey) was in Spain, he calls me and he cheats on me that Micky has a very serious problem, that he wanted to see me there," recounts L & # 39; actor by phone

Before going to Madrid, he receives a call from Arturo "El Negro" Durazo, former chief of police and traffic. Mexico City

"Durazo says to me:" Be careful because this crazy pine … wants to send Marcela to death. He has already asked me. Then, with this knowledge in my head, I arrived in Madrid.

"On the second day of being there, Luisito said to me," You are my friend, you've always helped me … Look, Marcela is a child kid. He has a lover, I know where he is and I need that you help me to disappear, "says García

The actor made a mistake to the singer's father and did not get s & # 39; He was not lent to what he described as "scandalous." Luis Miguel arrived the other day and the first thing I did was tell him, "Your father wants to disappear your mother, I tell you that you know about it. "Marcela's situation was like that, he cheated on Luis Miguel and cheated on me," says the actor, who since then has no longer reviewed Luis Rey

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Those who knew Marcela Basteri describe her as an educated and hardworking woman, although the series tells of who developed as a costume designer for a group of kids, that's not true.

"She did not do any work for Timbiriche, it was a pure lie (which was narrated in the series) .For nothing", external Pedro Damián, one of the founders group and artistic director of the group, which is referred to in one of the episodes.

But on the contrary, they speak of his quality of person.

"He (Luis Rey) was a very mean man, a charming, educated woman, a truly wonderful mother," recalls Héctor Suárez, who was the singer's neighbor

. Luis Miguel points out that by having access to the people closest to Marcela I can understand that she was a simple woman, attached to her family, Passionate about fashion, sewing, when she meets Luisito Rey changes of Life

"It seems to me that he had to swim against the tide. He had to live a life that went against his own nature as a human being under the yoke of Luisito Rey, a very dedicated woman in that sense, "says León Herrera.

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