They say that blood calls… and in Yucatán, It is also enriched together.
Rolando Zapata Bello and his brother Gabriel wove a network of power, money and favors that still leaves a mark.
Rolando, former governor, is accused of diverting more than 9 billion pesos together with Sergio Vadillo and Víctor Caballero.
But behind the power, there was another brain: his brother Gabriel Zapata Bello.
Gabriel went from earning $10,000 a month as a teacher to having 5 properties valued at more than 15 million pesos.
Among them, a 5 thousand m² piece of land donated by the government… and another property purchased from a company that his brother hired.
Rolando “accommodated” him as executive secretary of the New Criminal Justice System.
With a salary of $92 thousand per month and a budget of 100 million pesos.
He even created a training company (of which he was a partner!) to bill the government itself.
As if that were not enough, he rewarded himself.
In 2016, he was awarded the medal for legal merit and the government bought 100,000 copies of his book… written and financed by himself.
A round business disguised as recognition.
Gabriel was the silent operator: the one who moved votes, manipulated elections and placed friends in key positions.
Ariel Aldecua, Mauricio Sahuí, Víctor Sánchez… they all grew up under his shadow.
Today, he continues to earn more than $100 thousand pesos per month in the federal educational system.
Meanwhile, Yucatán carries the legacy of two brothers who made power their family business.
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