Luis Miguel is widely regarded as the most famous and successful musician in Latin American history, having sold over 60 million recordings. Regardless, he is still embroiled in a terrible dispute centered on his missing mother, Marcela Basteri. His search for his lost mother has prompted millions of people to speak about him and create books about him. Several explanations about Marcela’s disappearance have emerged as a result of the dispute. Nonetheless, the mystery remains unresolved. The preoccupation with Miguel and his missing mother is so strong that a TV show has been created to chronicle the events around it.
On April 18, 2018, Netflix released the musical biographical series Luis Miguel: The Series, which followed the life of the Mexican pop phenomenon behind the scenes. The Mexican singer’s hunt for his lost mother was a significant plot point in the series. Fans tuned in to find out what happened to Luis Miguel’s mother, among other things. Luis Miguel was able to locate his mother.
Marcela’s Disappearance
According to Distractify, the Latin-American artist had an extremely close relationship with his mother. It seems that she was the one who gave him the moniker El Sol de México. Miguel’s mother vanished from his life 34 years ago, and no one has heard from her since. The singer last saw his mother in 1985, during a performance at Argentina’s Luna Park.
There are several ideas as to what happened to Marcela Basteri. Marcela fled away with her Italian boyfriend, according to her husband, Luis Gallego Sánchez, commonly known as Luis Rey, who last saw her. The second and most prevalent belief is that Rey murdered his wife for money, which Andrés Garca confirmed. During an appearance on Venga la Alegra, a Mexican entertainment show, Garcia said that in 1986, Rey urged him to assist in the elimination of Marcela so that he could have total access to his son’s wealth.
According to some sources, Rey registered various firms he founded with Miguel’s money under Marcela’s name in order to conceal his involvement in a number of criminal ventures. If anything happened to his wife, all of this money would be his. Garcia also stated that the scheming husband killed his wife in a pool, according to Rey’s sister-in-law. These accusations and allegations, however, have yet to be substantiated.
Death of Luis Rey
There are several stories concerning Marcela’s disappearance, but the death of Miguel’s father, Luis Rey, is equally contentious since no one knows the actual cause of death. Rey died on December 9, 1992, in Barcelona, after succumbing to pneumonia. However, others claim that the singer was afflicted with a separate ailment.
According to Javier León’s biography of Miguel, his father had a life filled with drugs and alcohol, as well as sexual relationships with several women. His way of living harmed his health, and when he was admitted to the hospital, he was diagnosed with AIDS. However, another account claims that Rey died of an overdose rather than AIDS. In an interview with Ventaneando, his brother, Mario Vicente Gallego, disclosed this version. (via Milenio) We’re left to speculate on what happened to Miguel’s parents.