Arturo Requejo has almost lost his partner, the yoga teacher Tamara Vera, and his son Sua, who is about to turn two, after the passage of the DANA through his town, Letur. For some time now, Arturo has run a restaurant in this town in the Sierra del Segura and it was there where his girlfriend and her baby experienced moments of real terror. “They were in water up to their ankles. They spent three hours calling the helicopter“said the former contestant of Big Brother on their social networks. Fortunately, everything was a scare, since the water gave way and they were able to get to safety. “I feel very lucky to be safe. And very sad and helpless that I couldn’t have done anything for the missing people,” said Tamara.
© arturoecolifeAlthough his story has had a happy ending, Requejo can’t stop thinking about what could have happened. “I could have been left without a wife and child due to the lack of a rescue helicopter.because they were trapped,” he lamented. Furthermore, “I have lost neighbors, I have lost friends, I have lost clients, I have lost my business and I don’t know for how long.”
© Getty ImagesIn statements to The Worldthe former contestant maintains that “all these things can be foreseen.” “The people who live in the middle of the riverbed should have been evacuated. If a rescue helicopter had arrived in time, the couple who are still missing could have been saved. The rescue teams arrived late.”
© arturoecolifeAfter his breakup with the singer Merche, Arturo He had a fleeting romance with Alexia Rivas. However, it was Tamara who stole his heart in June 2020. As he explained in an interview with Outdoorboth share “the same energy and the same ideas about life.” The couple’s happiness multiplied on December 12, 2022 with the arrival of their first child together, Sua, the fourth for Arturo, who has two children who live in California and another in France.