At the end of June, Arath De la Torre starred in a commercial to advertise a company that makes bank loans and used the Voladores de Papantla
Regeneration July 16, 2021. Los Voladores de Papantla reported on a criminal complaint they filed with the Prosecutor’s office General of the State of Veracruz against him actor Arath De la Torre and the Spanish company Moneyman.
Said complaint was made by the commercial in which both Arath and the company “They use, denigrate and discriminate against flyers.”
In accordance with Picture of the Gulf, the president of the Council for the Preservation and Conservation of the Papantla Flyers, Emilio Dorantes, demanded a sanction from the authorities to obtain compensation.
This in order to “Preserve, protect and safeguard the ritual, as well as ensure the rights of dancers.”
They also filed a lawsuit with the Conapred for the company and the driver to apologize publicly.
“We demand a public apology for the Moneyman company through a video that has the same scope of dissemination as the one where we were affected by discriminating, as well as reparation of the damage in moral character and hand in hand an economic remuneration,” said José Morales Vázquez , member of the organization Unión de danzantes y Voladores AC
Video against the Voladores de Papantla
At the end of june Arath De la Torre He starred in a commercial to advertise a company that makes bank loans and they used the Voladores de Papantla.
In the recording Arath appears comparing a loan and the returns of the flyers.
“Do you know what the number of laps that the Papantla Flyers give and your first loan with MoneyMan have in common? That both generate zero interest ”, Arath says wryly.
The video generated many reactions on social networks and users showed their discontent.
ZERO INTEREST?
The company uses the Voladores de Papantla to promote itself and criticizes them. Let us remember that the Voladores de Papantla are Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO declared on September 30, 2009. pic.twitter.com/cr5UYWxcpr– I’m not Paquito (@ fran_morenog84) June 25, 2021
Excuse
Faced with the controversy, the Spanish company apologized and separated the actor from what happened.
Later the actor Arath De la Torre also issued a message and apologized.
“I recently participated in a campaign in which the message conveyed had an inappropriate tone and interpretation,” said the actor.
— moneyman.com.mx (@moneyman_mexico) June 25, 2021
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