“My Divo”: The Long-Lost Prison File
Latino USA
My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 December 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Earlier this week we brought you an episode from “My Divo” which we think you’ll enjoy as you slow down this holiday season. This is Ep. 3: “The Long-Lost Prison File” In it, host Maria Garcia looks for answers about Juan Gabriel in Mexico and discovers government files about the artist that have never come to light. As Maria learns more about Juan Gabriel’s story as a young man on the streets and in jail, she reflects on her romantic relationship and what’s at stake when queerness is criminalized.
My Divos an Apple Original podcast produced by Futuro Studios. Full series here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-divo/id1719362271
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| 0:00.0 | Dear Latino USA listener, before we start, you should know that if you want to listen to this episode, add free. |
| 0:15.4 | Just join Futuro Plus, and you can join for as little as $7 a month. |
| 0:21.0 | Joining also gets you behind the scenes access, and yes, some chisement. |
| 0:26.7 | So click the link in the episode description. |
| 0:30.1 | And after you do that, then click play. |
| 0:32.7 | Let's go to the show. |
| 0:42.4 | Futuro. the show. Earlier this week, we brought you episode two of one of our very favorite series by our |
| 0:48.5 | own Futuro studios, My Divo. |
| 0:51.7 | It's a series all about Juan Gabriel, but also so much more than Huangga. |
| 0:57.8 | So today, we're going to press play and listen to Episode 3. You can find the whole series |
| 1:03.5 | wherever you're listening to this podcast, and you'll find a link in this podcast description as well. |
| 1:09.1 | So enjoy. Ciao. |
| 1:13.6 | I'm in Mexico City, on the hunt for something that's never come to light. |
| 1:23.1 | I'm at the Mexican National Archives. |
| 1:26.1 | Welcome to here at the Archive General of Nation. Jacqueline Gutierrez is a researcher and technician in the education department at the archives. |
| 1:35.0 | She's leading us to one special file, the entirety of which had been thought to be lost for decades. |
| 1:42.3 | Until now, until Jacqueline and her boss dug it up. |
| 1:50.9 | But first, Jacqueline wants to make sure we fully grasp where we are. |
| 1:57.2 | She leads us through a tour, where she shows us copies of precious scrolls dating back to the 15 and 1600s. |
| 2:08.4 | And the Mexican Declaration of Independence. |
| 2:15.7 | But we're really here to see something that's not enshrined in glass in the display rooms. |
| 2:21.5 | We're here to see Juan Gabriel's file from when he was imprisoned in this very place. |
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