Mary Boquitas

Maria Raquenel Portillo Aka "Mary Boquitas" Born December 23 1969 Is A Mexican Singer And Actress. She Was Born In Tamaulipas. In The Early 1980s She Auditioned With Tycoon Music Producer Sergio Andrade To Be A Singer With Whom She Married When She Was 15 Years Old. In 1985 Andrade Formed A Girl Group Managed By Himself. Portillo Was Chosen For The Group The Name "Boquitas Pintadas" Was Chosen Because It Sounded Very Different From The Names Of Other Typical Teenage Bands Of The Era Many Of Which Tried To Copy Menudo With Their Name. Because Of The Band's Name Mary Raquenel Portillo Later Became Known As "Mary Boquitas". Gloria Trevi Was Another Member Of The Band. "Boquitas Pintadas" Had Five Members In Total However It Was Trevi And Portillo Who Were Able To Forge A Friendship That Went Beyond Their Days At "Boquitas Pintadas". She Continued Living With Sergio Andrade And Was A Backup Singer At Gloria Trevi's Performances As Well. She And Andrade Got Divorced In 1990. Nevertheless She Kept On Living With Him In Spite Of The Fact That He Married 15 Years-Old Aline Hernandez And Also That He Had Formed A "harem" Made Of Young Girls Who Lived Together With Him Including Gloria Trevi Who Attempted To Become Superstars Thanks To Sergio Andrade. In 1995 Sony Music International Released Her First Solo Album Produced By Andrade Named "Mary Boquitas" And From That Album The Song "A Contratiempo" Which Received Minimal Airplay Or Attention In Mexico And Throughout The Rest Of Latin America Overshadowed Mainly By The Fact It Was Released In 1995 A Year In Which Its Close-Ties To Trevi's Fame Hindered Its Initial Buzz Due To The Fact That Trevi's Career Had Just Hit The Biggest Slump It Had Seen Up Until That Point. With The Allegations Of Mary Boquitas Being An Active Participant In Trevi-Andrade's Clan And The Worst Wave Of Allegations Just Around The Corner Coupled With Sergio Andrade's Decision To Withdraw Either Boquitas Or Trevi From Any Live Promotion Apparences The Album Suffered When It Was Finally Released And It Went Straight Into Obscurity. Debuting On AMPROFON's Mexican Album Chart At # NONE. With The Exception Of A Couple Of Televisa "mimed" Show Performances No Effective Promotion For The Album Was Ever Made Or Cancelled When The Album Rolled Out. The Lead And Only Single Off The Album Was Given Minimal Exposure On Radio If Any. Prospects Of Mary Boquitas' Career Floundering Were Grim And Finally Guillotined By Sony Music Intl The Record Company Who Ended Up Printing The Limited Amounts Of Her Debut Album But Never Added Mary To Sony Mexico's Roster Or Its Sales Catalogue Or Was It Ever Officially "in Print". So "Mary Boquitas" Existing Copies Are A Sought After Collector's Item Due To Its Rarity Among Other Lacking Things. In 2000 Raquenel Was Arrested And Imprisoned In Brazil Along With Sergio Andrade And Gloria Trevi. She Was Accused Of Corruption Of Minors. Furthermore She Was Believed To Be Sergio Andrade's Accomplice In The Rape Of Teenager Karina Yapor Who Got Pregnant By Him. She Was Further Accused Of Abandoning Karina's Son In Spain Under De Command Of Andrade . Moreover In Brazil She Was Also Accused Of Quartering The Corpse Of Gloria Trevi's Dead Daughter Before Being Thrown In A River All By Order Of Andrade Who Died Mysteriously Thirty Three Days After She Was Born. However Raquenel And Gloria Were Absolved In 2004 And Were Released. read less