From a 2023 Christian Post report:
As his movie “Sound of Freedom” ranks No. 1 at the box office in Latin America, filmmaker and actor Eduardo Verástegui has officially registered to run as an independent candidate in Mexico’s 2024 presidential election.
Believing he can create positive changes in Mexico if elected president, the entertainer and founder of the Viva México Movement, who’s had a significant influence in the entertainment industry, filed his paperwork to run for president last week.
Verástegui said he intends to run his campaign under the banner of “God, Fatherland and Family,” and, if elected, will use the momentum from his successful film to “put an end to child trafficking.”
From a far-right report excerpted here in 2008:
Mexican-American movie star Eduardo Verastegui has begun campaigning against California’s homosexual “marriage” law, and is incurring the wrath of Mexican homosexuals as a result. Following Verastegui’s reported decision to lead the campaign for the Hispanic organization “Viva la Familia” (Long Live the Family) enraged members of “Tri Gay”, Mexico’s self-proclaimed “gay soccer selection” expressed their displeasure against the pro-life, pro-family actor and entertainer.
At a press conference on October 22 in the offices of Mexico’s Secretary of Health, the team denounced Verastegui. The vice-president of Tri Gay, Eduardo Velasquez, tore up a picture of the star. Calling the action a “message of condemnation of his actions,” Velasquez said that the destruction of the picture was meant “as an act of rejection of all those who promote homophobia” according to Mexico’s El Universal newspaper.
Yesterday’s salute is going viral in Mexico. The last clip below is from Mexico’s El Universal network.
El actor mexicano Eduardo Verástegui hace el saludo nazi en la conferencia ultraconservadora en Estados Unidos. El activista de ultraderecha sigue el ejemplo de los hombres cercanos a Trump
🔗 https://t.co/bJLqtzMuR5 pic.twitter.com/3Hd4rY0DYE
— EL PAÍS México (@elpaismexico) February 22, 2025
Mexican actor and far-right activist Eduardo Verástegui followed in the footsteps of Elon Musk and Steve Bannon by performing a Nazi/Roman salute after his CPAC 2025 speech. Verástegui is a vocal critic of progressive policies and advocates for a complete abortion ban, calling it… pic.twitter.com/r5DLKGbDo5
— Drop Site (@DropSiteNews) February 22, 2025
Elon Musk
Steve Bannon
Calvin Robinson
Eduardo VerasteguiThat’s 4 Nazi salutes in a matter of weeks.
If it walks like a duck… https://t.co/SLuZpJPPj3
— Alastair McAlpine, MD (@AlastairMcA30) February 22, 2025