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{{short description|Mexican drug trafficker}}
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{{Infobox criminal
| name = Servando Gómez Martínez
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|02|06}}
| birth_place = [[Arteaga (municipality of Michoacán)|Arteaga]], [[Michoacán]], [[Mexico]]
| alias = ''La Tuta'',<ref name=Tuta>[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/728846.html ''"La Tuta" cobra como maestro] 8 December 2010. El Universal. Mexico City, Mexico. Retrieved 7 March 2012.</ref> '' El Profe''<ref name=Tuta/>
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| conviction_status = Arrested
| occupation = Leader of the [[Knights Templar (gang)|Knights Templar]]
| reward_amount = Mexico: $30 Million [[Mexico|Mexican]] Pesos;<br />USA: $5 million USD
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'''Servando Gómez Martínez''' (born February 6, 1966),<ref>[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/170447.html SSP difunde foto actual de "La Tuta"] ''El Universal. August 7, 2009.</ref> commonly referred to by his alias '''La Tuta''' (The Teacher) for once being a teacher, is a Mexican drug lord and former leader of the [[Knights Templar Cartel]], a criminal organization based in the state of [[Michoacán]].<ref name='Raid'>{{cite news|title=Mexico police raid 'La Familia drug cartel', killing 11|date=May 28, 2011|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-13586444|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date = 2011-05-30}}</ref><ref name='Reforma'>{{cite news|title=Prevén arrecie lucha por lugar del 'Chayo' en Michoacán|date=May 29, 2011|publisher=Terra|url=http://www.terra.com.mx/noticias/articulo/1122023/Preven+arrecie+lucha+por+lugar+del+Chayo+en+Michoacan.htm|work=Reforma|access-date=2011-05-29|language=es|archive-date=2011-06-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601235246/http://www.terra.com.mx/noticias/articulo/1122023/Preven+arrecie+lucha+por+lugar+del+Chayo+en+Michoacan.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Kelly|last=Heffernan-Tabor|title=Mexican Authorities Arrest 46 Suspected Drug Gang Members|date=May 29, 2011|url=http://www.digtriad.com/news/article/177210/175/Mexican-Authorities-Arrest-46-Suspected-Drug-Gang-Members|work=WFMY News 2|access-date=2011-05-30|archive-date=2011-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602155511/http://www.digtriad.com/news/article/177210/175/Mexican-Authorities-Arrest-46-Suspected-Drug-Gang-Members|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is a former leader and founder member of [[La Familia Michoacana]] drug cartel, the split-off group of the Knights Templar.<ref>La Familia Cartel: Implications for US Mexican Security, by, Grayson, George W., Strategic Studies Institute (SSI), US Army War College, December, 2010, pg. 24</ref><ref name="washingtonpost.com">[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/12/AR2009061203829.html?sid=ST2009061204134 A Mexican Cartel's Swift and Grisly Climb]</ref> On February 27, 2015, he was arrested by Mexican security forces in Morelia, Michoacán.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/servando-la-tuta-gomez-mexicos-most-wanted-drug-lord-captured-n314036 Servando La Tuta Gomez Mexicos Most Wanted Drug Lord Captured - NBC News]</ref>
==Biography==
Gómez Martínez served as the operational chief and spokesperson for the now extinct [[La Familia Michoacana|La Familia drug cartel]], which sometimes was described as quasi-religious, since its former leader, [[Nazario Moreno
In 2009, he called a local TV newscast and called on the government of Felipe Calderón to negotiate with the country' s drug kingpins.<ref>Alma Guillermoprieto, [https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/killing-arturo-beltran CARMONA CARMONA carmona Killing Arturo Beltrán familia decuerno en tierra de penettratititlan]{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''Newyorker.com'', 6 January 2010 (accessed on 18 July 2019)</ref>
The Indictment alleges that, on July 17, 2009, a few days after the bodies of twelve murdered Mexican federal law enforcement officers were discovered following the arrest of a cartel leader, [[Alberto Espinoza Barron]],<ref>{{cite news | first=Mario | last= Gonzalez | title=Mexico arrests drug leader; military's role in drug war debated | date=December 31, 2008 | publisher=CNN News | url =http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/12/31/mexico.arrest/index.html | access-date = 2009-12-28 }}</ref>
On 25 February 2010, the [[United States Department of the Treasury]] sanctioned
In a 2012 video, he explained the "peaceful credentials" of the Knights Templar Cartel and asked the leaders of Mexico's drug trafficking organizations to join forces and put down [[Miguel Treviño Morales]] (''Z-40''), one of the leaders of [[Los Zetas]]. He insisted that his organization is a "necessary evil," and insists that his organization is "not a cartel, nor any kind of organized criminal group. [They] are a brotherhood, founded by a set of statutes and codes."<ref name=video/> He then goes on to explain that the Knights Templar's "only function is to help the people, preserve [the] state ... and keep [Mexico] free of people causing terror ... [and] live in peace."
After La Familia leader Nazario Moreno
In 2014 he gave an interview to Channel4 News in which he explained that he realized that he was a criminal, and that he knew that he would eventually pay for his crimes. But he maintained that he would not give himself up, but rather fight to the death. He also defended his decisions to do business with Chinese smugglers of iron ore
==Arrest==
On February 27, 2015, at 3 AM, Servando Gómez Martínez was captured. He was apprehended by an elite squadron of the [[divicion de tropas de espia reclusos sicaio de paga enla ley (Mexico)|Mexican Federal Police]] in [[Morelia, Michoacán]], in an operation where no shots were fired.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Alzaga|first1=Ignacio|title=PF captura a "La Tuta"|url=http://www.milenio.com/policia/La_Tuta-detenido_La_Tuta-Servando_Gomez-Los_Caballeros_Templarios_0_472152824.html|access-date=27 February 2015|publisher=[[Milenio]]|date=27 February 2015|language=es}}</ref> He was then transferred to the [[SEIDO]] installations, Mexico's organized crime investigation agency, in [[Mexico City]] for his legal presentation.<ref>{{cite news|title=Detienen a 'La Tuta' en Morelia|url=http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=397082|access-date=27 February 2015|publisher=[[Proceso (magazine)|Proceso]]|language=es|archive-date=27 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227195921/http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=397082|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mexico captures most wanted drug kingpin 'La Tuta'|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/02/mexico-captures-wanted-drug-kingpin-la-tuta-150227123158980.html|access-date=27 February 2015|publisher=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]]|date=27 February 2015}}</ref> That same night, he was transferred to the [[Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1]], a maximum-security prison in [[Almoloya de Juárez]], State of Mexico.<ref>{{cite news|last1=García|first1=Inés|title=Presentan y trasladan a "La Tuta" al penal de El Altiplano|url=http://zetatijuana.com/noticias/generalez/19030/presentan-y-trasladan-a-la-tuta-al-penal-de-el-altiplano|access-date=28 February 2015|publisher=[[Zeta (magazine)|Zeta]]|date=28 February 2015|language=es}}</ref>
The police was able to spot him in a cave near Morelia after his girlfriend ordered a chocolate cake for his 49th birthday, which raised the suspicion of the authorities looking for him.<ref>Joshua Partlow, [https://ticotimes.net/2015/03/04/how-chocolate-cake-led-to-mexican-drug-kingpins-arrest How chocolate cake led to Mexican drug kingpin’s arrest], ''The Tico Times'', 4 March 2015 (accessed on 18 July 2019)</ref><ref>Andrea Noel, [https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/a38x84/mexican-drug-lord-lived-in-a-cave-and-was-caught-because-his-girlfriend-brought-him-birthday-cake Mexican Drug Lord Lived in a Cave and Was Caught Because His Girlfriend Brought Him Birthday Cake], ''Vice.com'', 4 March 2015 (accessed on 18 July 2019)</ref> At the time of his arrest, Gómez Martínez was one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords.<ref>{{cite news|title=Knights Templar cartel leader 'La Tuta' captured in Mexico|url=http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2015/02/27/knights-templar-cartel-leader-la-tuta-captured-in-mexico/|access-date=27 February 2015|agency=[[The Associated Press]]|publisher=[[Fox News]]|date=27 February 2015}}</ref>
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On 11 March, he was officially charged by a federal court in [[Toluca, State of Mexico]] for organized crime, kidnapping, and drug trafficking offenses.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dictan otro auto de formal prisión a 'La Tuta'|url=http://www.informador.com.mx/mexico/2015/580919/6/dictan-otro-auto-de-formal-prision-a-la-tuta.htm|access-date=12 March 2015|publisher=[[El Informador (Mexico)]]|date=11 March 2015|language=es}}</ref>
During [[Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán#Second escape: 2015|Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán's second escape in 2015]], Servando Gómez Martínez, also jailed in the maximum-security prison of Almoloya, faked a heart attack to facilitate his escape.<ref>Janel Saldana, [https://www.latintimes.com/servando-gomez-martinez-la-tuta-helped-joaquin-el-chapo-guzman-escape-jail-new-source-347095 Servando Gómez Martínez 'La Tuta' Helped Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán Escape From Jail, New Source Says
In June 2019, he was sentenced to 55 years in jail for the kidnapping of a businessman in 2011.<ref>[https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/former-cartel-boss-la-tuta-gets-55-years/ Former boss of the Caballeros Templarios gets 55 years], ''Mexiconewsdaily.com'', 18 June 2019 (accessed on 18 July 2019)</ref><ref>{{in lang|es}} Francisco Castellanos, [https://www.proceso.com.mx/588648/sentencian-a-55-anos-de-carcel-a-servando-gomez-martinez-la-tuta Sentencian a 55 años de cárcel a Servando Gómez Martínez “La Tuta”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022042730/https://www.proceso.com.mx/588648/sentencian-a-55-anos-de-carcel-a-servando-gomez-martinez-la-tuta |date=2020-10-22 }}, ''Proceso.com.mx'', 17 June 2019 (accessed on 18 July 2019)</ref>
==Family==
His brother Luis Felipe Gómez Martinez, aka El Güicho, is in prison since 2001 for drug trafficking.<ref name="plaza maestro"/> Francisco Javier Sotelo Barrera, aka El Pancho, the presumed leader of La Familia, was identified in 2009 as the nephew of Servando Gómez Martinez.<ref>{{in lang|es}} Xóchitl Álvarez, [https://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/primera/33315.html Sobrino de La Tuta, jefe de plaza], ''Eluniversal.com.mx'', 17 July 2019 (accessed on 18 July 2019)</ref>
His son Luis Alfredo Aguilera Esquivel was arrested by Mexican authorities on 3 March 2014 in [[Los Reyes, Michoacán]]. According to federal reports, he carried out kidnappings and extorted agricultural workers in Michoacán, the most recent one on orders from his father.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hijo de la Tuta secuestraba y extorsionaba a agricultores|url=http://www.milenio.com/policia/Luis_Aguilera_Esquivel-presunto_hijo_de_la_Tuta-confirman_detencion_hijo_de_la_Tuta-hijo_de_la_Tuta_0_257374367.html|access-date=6 March 2014|newspaper=[[Milenio]]|date=6 March 2014|agency=[[Notimex]]|archive-url=https://
==See also==
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==External links==
*[http://s0.uvnimg.com/noticias/narcotrafico/fotos/photo/2010-12-08/capo-mexicano-es-profesor-de_214x320.jpg PHOTO of Servando Gómez Martínez] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202114558/http://s0.uvnimg.com/noticias/narcotrafico/fotos/photo/2010-12-08/capo-mexicano-es-profesor-de_214x320.jpg |date=2014-02-02 }}<br />(Published by Univision.com at: [http://noticias.univision.com/mexico/noticias/article/2010-12-08/capo-mexicano-es-profesor-de#axzz1oetHy4ga ''Capo mexicano es profesor de primaria: Líder de 'La Familia' recibe sueldo.''] Univision. 12 August 2010. Accessed 10 March 2012.
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