The building in which executive vice president of Televisa, Bernardo Gómez Martínez, whose apartment was robbed this Monday in Paris, France, according to the French press. The Mexican businessman was not on the property. Sources close to Televisa assure that the theft did not occur directly in Gómez Martínez’s apartment, but in another part of the building. The place, of about 500 square meters, located in the seventh district of the French capital, has been described by one of the police sources to the news agency AP like a luxurious place in the middle of the most touristy area of Paris. A first calculation made by local authorities puts the amount for the stolen objects at more than one million euros (more than 21 million Mexican pesos), among which are luxury watches.
Information reported by police sources indicates that the thieves broke into several safes that were in the building and managed to take several valuable objects. The newspaper The Parisian He also claims that the two-story place was being remodeled and that is why Gómez Martínez, 57, was absent. Three of the five safes that were in the apartment were opened by the subjects, who fled with a dozen luxury watches, leather items and about 20,000 euros in cash (about 430,000 pesos), according to the local newspaper.
Among the objects stolen from the luxurious apartment is a 19th century piece of furniture, valued at 100,000 euros (around two million pesos). Local media indicate that the thieves carried out the robbery during the afternoon of last Monday, October 28, but it was not reported until the evening. They have also detailed that the thieves sprayed the security cameras with shaving foam and stole the department’s video surveillance servers, to avoid being discovered. The Parisian police, for their part, have confirmed the discovery of the foam cans, some articles of clothing and tools abandoned at the scene.
In the seventh district, where the Mexican media magnate’s apartment is located, most attractions are located tourist and historical attractions that attract millions of tourists a year. There is the headquarters of the National Assembly, the Eiffel Tower, the Hotel des Invalides (Napoleon’s resting place), the Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, among others.
Just a few days ago, on October 23, Gómez Martínez held a meeting with President Claudia Sheinbaum, at the National Palace, to talk, as the president later said, “about programs and investments.” Gómez has been in charge of decisions on the content of Televisa newscasts, and is a link with the federal and local governments, within the Republic, as well as a regular interlocutor with political parties.
Bernardo Gómez Martínez was appointed vice president of the Televisa group, after Emilio Azcárraga Jean will leave the presidency, to face an investigation by the United States Department of Justice for a plot of alleged bribes to FIFA officials by his company. Televisa made this historic decision public last Thursday through a statement. Gómez Martínez is a member of the Board of Directors of TelevisaUnivision; general vice president of TelevisaUnivision México. He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Empresas Cablevisión SAB de CV, as well as the Board of Directors of Innova S de RL de CV, both subsidiary companies of Grupo Televisa. He is also former president of the National Chamber of the Radio and Television Industry in Mexico.
