Maria Luisa Fuentes Burgos is a transgender peasant woman from Boavitá, Boyacá, where historically Catholic principles make the inhabitants not easily recognize their condition as a woman, she was the protagonist of a documentary that was recognized by international film critics.
However, relatives say that, since that episode, the life of María Luisa Fuentes has been affected for the worse, because Since then, she has had a number of problems because of her lands after meeting Richards Varela, a man who apparently cheated on her and kept her lands.
The advisory councilor of Boyacá, Yudy Vega, says that María Luisa Indeed, he has been in Bogotá and Richards Varela since April 2021 if he has in his possession the two properties that belong to María in the municipality of Boavita.
Vega says that it has been about to overturn by legal means the title of donation of the deeds of the two lands of María Luisa in the name of Richards Varela that was made in a notary’s office in Bogotá.
“Right now he is in a precarious situation, since he has been in shelters and The women’s advisory council in Boyacá is trying to contact her because she requires a mental health intervention,” she says.
She insists: “Because of her nerves and everything she has had to live with and because of the displacement, she thinks about the damage that Richard Varela did to her by staying with his land and because he is with another person, she feels cheated.”
Yudy Vega states that María is only looking for Varela to return her land, but at this time Varela has pledged the land for $10 million since April of last year.
Lawyer Diana Navarro initiated actions against Richard Varela, but When everything was ready to annul the deeds, according to Yudy, María did not want to sign because of Varela’s manipulation.
“The times that I spoke with Richard, he said that if he was going to return the land to María Luisa that there was no problem and that he would transfer it to her, but to date it has not happened and that is what makes María uncomfortable. Luisa who does not let her return to her reality, which is the field in Boyacá,” explained Vega.
W Radio tried to communicate with Varela by telephone and Whatsapp, but did not receive a response on this case.