Why did Irma Dorantes not get an inheritance from Pedro Infante

Pedro Infante was one of the most sought-after and most loved actors by Latin American audiences, he generated a great fortune and owned extravagant houses, cars and motorcycles, but his second wife, Irma Dorantes, was left empty-handed at the time of the death of the People's Idol because she didn't received inheritance.

Throughout his career, Pedro Infante was guided in the world of entertainment by Antonio Matouk, who was his representative since he had begun to position himself as one of the favorite actors and was known to be very well-paid.

The Sinaloan trusted Matouk very much, because he met him in 1950 during a car sale and his good treatment almost immediately made him accept him as a manager. Pedro would have seen that thanks to the way Antonio handled part of his earnings and contacts, he was able to have the riches he didn't have as a child.

According to Irma Dorantes, Matouk did not allow any property of the actor to be under her name, this supposedly to take care of the Idol's estate. Peter did not question it and accepted that it should be so.

The famous house of the protagonist of Tizoc who was in Cuajimalpa, Ciudad Infante, would have been built with the intention that it was from Irma, however, it was never completed the change of owner and was intestated to the singer's death.

The same happened with all of Pedro's other residences and belongings; since Matouk recommended that he not put anything he owned in the name of other people. For the same reasons, he never made a will.

The only property that was not in Pedro's name would have been his mother's house in Lindavista, since since he acquired it, it belonged to Doña Cuquita Cruz.

When Infante died, on April 15, 1957, no one could claim his fortune, except his children, who were all minors at the time and could not dispose of the inheritance until they were 18 years old. In addition, his wife also had power in what he left behind.

María Luisa León, being the only widow after the annulment of the marriage between Irma Dorantes and Sinaloa, and having married for joint property, he was entitled to half the fortune, while the rest would be divided into Pedro's three sons; his adopted daughter did not get anything because it could not be confirmed that she was legitimate.

Irma didn't feel interested in gaining a single weight of the inheritance since she found out what happened after burial, so she wanted to give up the part of Irmita, but it wasn't possible.

Once the actress tried to enter Ciudad Infante to recover belongings that meant a lot to her, María Luisa León would not have allowed her to set foot in that house again. Pedro's family, for their part, had decided to take out several furniture from their residence when they heard about the actor's death, because they knew the economic misfortune that awaited them from that moment on.

At the same time Antonio Matouk had begun to do his best to name the houses of the protagonist of Los Tres Huastecos, as well as his cars and bank accounts that were in Mexico City.

According to Irma's book, he would have also charged a million pesos for Infante's life insurance, he kept the earnings of the last tour of Latin America and changed the name of the production company he did with his representative.

However, Matouk did not act alone and relied on another important representative, Ruperto Prado Pérez, Pedro's administrator. Prado did the same, only in Mérida, where the Sinaloan spent much of his days off as it was his favorite place. He kept the houses, cars and motorcycles of the Idol of Guamuchil that were in Yucatan.

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