A Democratic congressman has been caught up in an embarrassing situation that will certainly raise a series of questions about his personal life.

The Daily Mail has obtained publicly available photos proving that Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-NM) once had a very expensive pretend wedding in Mexico and went through several hoops to showcase the ‘legitimacy’ of the union.

He even listed his supposed fiancée, Maria Fatima Batres, on his official paperwork while serving as a city councilman.

But there’s just one problem: the whole thing was a pretend event. The vast majority of weddings held at Akiin Beach Tulum Weddings are symbolic.

The Daily Mail reported:

When Vasquez served on a local city council in 2017, he listed a different woman – Maria Fatima Batres, a teacher – as his fiancée on official paperwork.

In September 2018, the pair held a lavish ceremony at the Akiin Beach Tulum Weddings venue in Mexico, where events cost between $30,000 and $90,000.

Friends and family attended and shared photos on social media under the hashtag #OnCloudVasquez – but it was not long before the pair separated.

Despite pictures of the seemingly happy couple dressed in a suit and white dress still being up online, including one of them holding up what appears to be a marriage license, no legal records of marriage or divorce between the two exist.

Here are the photos of their supposed forever union:

A campaign spokesperson for Vasquez confirmed the symbolic occasion to the Daily Mail in a statement.

“The two participated in a private commitment ceremony but were never legally married and eventually separated,” the spokesperson said.

Vasquez is now engaged to Nikki Santos, a divorced woman with Democratic political ties. Santos is a Biden-era political appointee who previously worked at the Center for Native American Youth, which is connected to the Aspen Institute.

The congressman’s relationship with Santos also raises some important questions. For example, she not only appeared on Vasquez’s FEC report, but it’s not clear when she first separated from her ex-husband.

Moreover, she was already calling Vasquez part of her family in November 2021.

More from the Mail:

Santos appeared on Vasquez’s 2023 FEC report, reimbursed for a rental car, and features in Federal Election Commission records linked to a $300 campaign dinner in Washington.

By Thanksgiving 2021, she had already appeared alongside Vasquez in a family Instagram post captioned ‘Time well spent with family.’

The timeline is significant. In divorce proceedings, Santos claimed she and ex-husband Joshua Pitre separated on December 22, 2021 – a date Pitre disputed, placing their separation on January 2, 2022.

A divorce judgment was filed in November 2022, with both parties ultimately agreeing on the later date.

But that’s not all. The Mail also notes Santos departed the Aspen Institute under unclear circumstances.

The raised questions regarding a potential cover-up:

Native American news site Indianz.Com reported that Santos took roughly three months’ leave from the Center for Native American Youth and the Aspen Institute between June and September 2024, against a standard three-week annual entitlement.

One source said at the time: ‘It sounds like Aspen is trying to cover something up.’ Santos herself said she believed ‘it was my time’ to ‘step aside to allow the next leader to carry the work further.

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