Mexican Puros?

Originally Posted by MarkinCA

Gary, in addition to Richards commentary, here's a site that you may want to peruse:

http://www.calidadtobaccos.com/

This may give you further knowledge as well...

Hey Mark, those are the guys I get my whole leaf, Getomi & Toztli cigars from.

Doug, one of the owners of Calidad has shared a few photos & stories with me over the past few years concerning Getomi and some of the other growers in the San Andres, Los Tuxtla, Mexico. Photos & captions courtesy of Doug.

Living large in San Andres


Left to right:
Armando Castillo (owner Getomi), Doug Redmond (owner Calidad), Guillermo Malaga (owner of Toztli),
Anastasio (Tacho) Temich (owner Flor de Matacapan)




Armando Castillo (right)and his father who was and perhaps still is the head irrigator for Turrent (Te Amo) for decades.



Left to right: Guillermo Malaga, Licenciado Jose Luis Fernandez (Mexico's top Federal Investigator of police corruption and a client of Guillermo Malaga's (Toztli) and, needless to say, a dear friend of all of us!), Armando Castillo.



Alberto (Beto) Turrent, owner of Te Amo tobacco production along with his chief engineer and myself (Doug) and the other photo of myself (Doug) with Alain White, President of the Union de Ejidos R. Valencia. Alain White is the really big guy with tremendous inventory from the independent growers in the region. Alain and I were neighbors in the village of La Victoria and I was his eldest son's "best friend" from his boyhood to this day.