Mexico’s National Guard concluded its preliminary investigation into the fatal accident last week that claimed the lives of two actors and left six other cast and crew members working on the Netflix series The Chosen One injured.
A source tells Deadline the preliminary investigation is a non-legally binding report and the investigation into the crash continues.
Driver Alberto Jimenez Gomez was found to have been driving a passenger van at excessive speeds the Transpeninsular highway in Santa Rosalia-Loreto, Baja, California on June 16 ahead of the crash that killed Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar at 11:20 a.m. local time, according to local news site Zeta Tijuana. Deadline has contacted Mexico’s National Guard for confirmation and has reached out to Netflix for comment.
Further, the local report says Jimenez failed to decrease his speed to adapt to weather conditions that affected visibility, which caused him to lose control.
A source tells Deadline the preliminary investigation is a non-legally binding report and the investigation into the crash continues.
Driver Alberto Jimenez Gomez was found to have been driving a passenger van at excessive speeds the Transpeninsular highway in Santa Rosalia-Loreto, Baja, California on June 16 ahead of the crash that killed Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar at 11:20 a.m. local time, according to local news site Zeta Tijuana. Deadline has contacted Mexico’s National Guard for confirmation and has reached out to Netflix for comment.
Further, the local report says Jimenez failed to decrease his speed to adapt to weather conditions that affected visibility, which caused him to lose control.
- 6/23/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
The Chosen One's Yeray Albelda is sharing how he paid tribute to his co-stars Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar after they died in a vehicle accident in Mexico on June 16. According to Deadline, Albelda and friends of González (who was also known as Paco Mufote) and Garduño gathered for a memorial service on June 21. "Both are longtime friends from the theater with who I've been through a lot—both good times and bad," he told the outlet. "We've been on tour together and we all know one another's families." Albelda told Deadline he'd...
- 6/23/2022
- E! Online
Exclusive: Following the fatal June 16 crash that claimed the lives of two actors and injured six others from the cast and crew of Netflix’s The Chosen One, survivor Yeray Albelda spoke with Deadline about the loss of his close friends Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar (known professionally as Paco Mufote).
The trio were hired to play miners in the Redrum-produced series shooting in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Albelda and González began work June 2 and were rooming together; Garduño had an earlier start date.
Albelda, Garduño, González and the rest of the cast and crew involved in the accident were headed to the Loreto International Airport to catch flights to their respective home cities—Albelda, Garduño and Gonzalez were en route to Tijuana—for a week and a half break from filming. They were due back on set following the break to work until July 16.
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The trio were hired to play miners in the Redrum-produced series shooting in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Albelda and González began work June 2 and were rooming together; Garduño had an earlier start date.
Albelda, Garduño, González and the rest of the cast and crew involved in the accident were headed to the Loreto International Airport to catch flights to their respective home cities—Albelda, Garduño and Gonzalez were en route to Tijuana—for a week and a half break from filming. They were due back on set following the break to work until July 16.
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- 6/23/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix and Redrum, producers of series “The Chosen One,” have issued statements on the Baja California road accident that killed two of their actors on Thursday. Two other cast members and four crew members were injured, but remain stable and have gone home to recover.
Said Netflix: “We are deeply saddened by the tragic accident that took the lives of Ray Garduño and Juan Francisco González. Our thoughts are with their loved ones and with those injured during this unfortunate accident.”
Added Redrum: “All of us on the production of ‘The Chosen One’ are shocked by the tragic accident occurred last Thursday, while on transit from Santa Rosalía, Baja California, to the local airport. We are deeply saddened by the passing of our colleagues Ray Garduño and Juan Francisco González and are closely supporting all those affected by this unspeakable tragedy. Redrum has been cooperating with local authorities and initial...
Said Netflix: “We are deeply saddened by the tragic accident that took the lives of Ray Garduño and Juan Francisco González. Our thoughts are with their loved ones and with those injured during this unfortunate accident.”
Added Redrum: “All of us on the production of ‘The Chosen One’ are shocked by the tragic accident occurred last Thursday, while on transit from Santa Rosalía, Baja California, to the local airport. We are deeply saddened by the passing of our colleagues Ray Garduño and Juan Francisco González and are closely supporting all those affected by this unspeakable tragedy. Redrum has been cooperating with local authorities and initial...
- 6/20/2022
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
The friends of late actors Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar, who tragically died on Thursday, June 16, in a car crash in Mexico, are demanding a thorough investigation into alleged issues with the Netflix production. Filming was temporarily suspended on Netflix’s The Chosen One last week when an automobile accident left Garduño Cruz and González Aguilar (known professionally as Paco Mufote) dead and four more cast/crew injured. Now, writer Rick Zazueta is pleading for authorities to investigate the incident as he claims that the cast had previously complained of logistical and transportation issues on the production. “This is a plea for justice for these deaths,” Zazueta wrote in a lengthy Facebook post. “This was no ordinary accident, the cast had been complaining openly about the logistical and transport issues faced in this production, calling it illogical, unreasonable, ignorant, and stupid.” Zazueta went on to allege that...
- 6/20/2022
- TV Insider
Friends of deceased actors Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar, who died in an automobile accident in Mexico on Thursday, are asking for a thorough investigation into alleged issues with production that may or may not have played a role in the fatal accident.
The pair were part of the cast and crew of Netflix’s The Chosen One riding in a van in Santa Rosalía—Loreto en route to a local airport when it crashed and flipped leaving two dead and four injured.
The four survivors are said to be recovering and in good condition. Deadline could not reach anyone at the local hospital where they’re reportedly hospitalized to confirm reports on Sunday.
Writer Rick Zazueta shared a lengthy post via Facebook alleging the cast had previously complained of logistical and transportation issues on the production.
“This is a plea for justice for these deaths,” Zazueta writes in part.
The pair were part of the cast and crew of Netflix’s The Chosen One riding in a van in Santa Rosalía—Loreto en route to a local airport when it crashed and flipped leaving two dead and four injured.
The four survivors are said to be recovering and in good condition. Deadline could not reach anyone at the local hospital where they’re reportedly hospitalized to confirm reports on Sunday.
Writer Rick Zazueta shared a lengthy post via Facebook alleging the cast had previously complained of logistical and transportation issues on the production.
“This is a plea for justice for these deaths,” Zazueta writes in part.
- 6/19/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Actors Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar—also known as Paco Mufote, who star in the Netflix series The Chosen One, have died in a vehicle accident in Mexico. The two were killed after their van crashed and overturned on a road on the Baja California Sur peninsula on June 16. Two other cast members and four crew members were injured and transported to a nearby hospital, E! News has confirmed. E! News has also learned that the group has been in Mexico filming The Chosen One and were traveling to the local airport at the time of the crash. The State Government of Baja California said in a statement on Facebook on June 17, "From the...
- 6/18/2022
- E! Online
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