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Como Carne de Cañón

The book Como Carne de Cañón ("Like Cannon Fodder") by former child star Judith Chávez-Parques ("Ga-Bí") exposes the exploitation of the Mexican entertainment industry. On page 260 of the book, she reveals what she heard Andrés Puentes say back in 1988 (soon after he met Tatiana) about his plans regarding her:

[translated from original Spanish]

Another thing that gave me reason to change my life was one night that I went with Jorge Cobo to see the show of Amanda Miguel at the "Andy Bridges" nightclub in the outskirts of Echegaray [a Mexico City suburb], where the owner - Andrés Puentes - had invited us to see the show of Amanda with Carlos Santos, the promoter of Luis Miguel. After listening to the commentaries of Puentes, I was convinced that I had to leave this atmosphere of abuse and misery. Andrés finished breaking up with a youngster whom he had mistreated before, as it was his "machista" custom, and he began a relationship of "boyfriend of sweaty little hands" with the youthful singer Tatiana who was lost in love with him from the moment they met. The commentary of Andrés was:

- "Finally something fell in my net! Can you believe it.. now the 'key' is Tatiana! Finally a 'vieja' [literally, 'old woman', but used here as a disrespectful way of referring to a woman of any age] is going to relieve me from having to work. Now I can close the nightclub. And the truth is, good! because it is doing very poorly and will not stay in business much longer."

- "Has that girl been paying attention to you?" asked my manager in a mocking way.

- "Hell yes," answered Puentes. "Now, I will be maintained for the rest of my life. I am going to turn into a professional pimp of the artists who let me. Something like you are doing with this 'vieja' that comes with you."

That was the drop that spilled the glass. No longer did I want to continue "being exploited" nor "the vieja" of anybody. I was disgusted with this empty and humiliating life.

(This book can be purchased online at comocarnedecanon.com.)

 

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