Although Luis Miguel does not usually speak publicly about his personal life, this being a complete mystery, an important topic in his biographical series Luis Miguel, the serieswith a certain degree of fiction, was the search for his missing mother, Marcela Basteri.
If you watched the successful Netflix bioseries, you will remember that in flashbacks the relationship of the “Sol de México” with his mother and the close bond between the two was documented, as well as the strange disappearance of Marcela, on August 18, 1986.
Since then, much has been speculated about the whereabouts of the mother of one of the most consecrated artists in the history of Latin America, a mystery that, according to his biographical series he portrayed, not even Luis Miguel himself could finish solving, not even using his connections in the Mexican government.
As a result, over the years, numerous theories have emerged surrounding the disappearance of Marcela, who was supposedly last seen flying to Italy with her youngest son, Sergio. The last person to see her alive was her ex-husband, Luis Rey, who claimed that the mother of her three children ran away from her with an Italian lover.
The strongest theory precisely points to the late Luis Rey, who has been identified as the main person responsible for the alleged death of Marcela, as several people close to Luis Miguel confirmed that the mother of the famous Mexican singer suffered verbal, physical and psychological violence from from her husband.
Even the third and final season of the series questioned whether Luis Rey was behind the mysterious disappearance of Marcela Basteri.
However, it seems that the effort to find Marcela’s whereabouts has come to an end, since, according to the Mexican magazine TV and novelsAfter nearly four decades of exhaustive searching, Alejandro Basteri, Luis Miguel’s brother, told his close circle of friends that he found his mother’s remains in a mass grave in Spain.
In addition, the magazine reported that the interpreter of The unconditional and his brothers would have to undergo a DNA test to confirm it.
At the moment, neither Luis Miguel nor his family have commented on said information, but if it is true and the genetic tests coincide, finally, the singer and his family will be able to live in peace after years of uncertainty and sadness after the strange and sadly disappearance of his mother.