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Netflix has released an official statement following the tragic death of actors Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar who were working on the series The Chosen One in Mexico.
The pair were part of the cast and crew riding in a van in Santa Rosalía—Loreto on June 16 en route to a local airport when it crashed and flipped leaving two dead and four injured. An investigation into the accident is ongoing.
“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,” the statement from the streamer released to Deadline on Monday reads.
The production company Redrum also released a statement.
“All of us on the production of The Chosen One are shocked by the tragic accident that occurred last Thursday, while on transit from Santa Rosalía, Baja California, to the local airport,” the statement reads. “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 reports and accounts from witnesses indicate that all safety protocols were in place and this was an unfortunate accident.”
Friends of Garduño and González spoke out on Sunday asking for a thorough investigation alleging there were logistical and transportation issues with the production, among other accusations.
“This is a plea for justice for these deaths,” said friend and novelist Rick Zazueta via Facebook. “This was no ordinary accident, the cast had been complaining openly about the logistical and transport issues faced in this production,
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left two actors dead and six others on the cast and crew injured — one of the survivors is speaking out about the crash and the two performers who died.Yeray Albelda spoke out on Wednesday about the fatal accident on June 16 that claimed the lives of Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar, in an interview with Deadline.Recalling his friends — whom Albelda had known for several years and had worked with on numerous projects in the past — he reflected on their fun-loving personalities and their passion.«Their deaths are tragic but I told their families [at the memorial service] to find comfort in the fact that they were doing what they loved the most,» Albelda shared. «They were living their dream.»He says he finds «comfort» in knowing that they «died that way and not from an incurable disease or something worse.»Aldelba also looked back on what he was able to remember from the day of the fatal crash.«I remember turning in my hotel room key that morning and going out to the street to buy a burrito since the van was picking us up at 7 a.m.
Mexico’s National Guard concluded its preliminary investigation into the fatal accident on June 16 that claimed the lives of two actors and left 6 other cast/crew working on the Netflix series The Chosen One injured.
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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 to Deadline about the loss of his close friends Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar (Known professionally as Paco Mufote).
Anna Marie de la Fuente A survivor of the Baja California accident that claimed the lives of actors Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González from the Netflix series “The Chosen One” says he doesn’t blame the van driver or the production company. But actor Yeray Albelda says it’s the norm that “people are exhausted” in many productions.The Mexican actors union ANDA also held a remote press conference Tuesday to weigh in on the fatal crash.In an interview with Variety, Albelda, one of the six survivors of the crash, said he was told that a mechanical failure might have caused it. Others, he was told, have speculated that the driver was trying to avoid a pothole or even a deer.
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Two people have died and six others injured after a van carrying crew from Netflix show The Chosen One was involved in a serious crash in Mexico. Actors Raymundo Garduno Cruz and Juan Francisco Gonzalez Aguilar both died from injuries sustained in the crash in the Baja California Sur peninsula, the Baja California Department of Culture confirmed on Friday.The van is said to have flipped after running of the road in a desert area on Thursday June 16, according to local media.The crew had apparently been working in the nearby Santa Rosalia area at the time of the crash.
UPDATE: More details have emerged from the accident that claimed the lives of two actors and injured six crew members in Mexico while filming Netflix series The Chosen One.
Two actors on the Netflix series “The Chosen One” died during a horrific car crash in Mexico that also resulted in six production members injured.
The Associated Press) reported Thursday that a van they were riding in near Mulege on the Baja California Sur peninsula flipped and ran off the road in a desert area. The crew had been working in the nearby Santa Rosalia area.The AP confirmed Friday via the Baja California Department of Culture that the two individuals killed in the crash were identified as Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar.
Netflix series died during a horrific car crash in Mexico that also resulted in six production members injured.The Baja California Department of Culture also revealed on Friday that Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar are the two actors who died in the crash.According to multiple reports, the crash happened Thursday as the actors and crew traveled near Mulege on the Baja California Sur peninsula. It's unclear at this time what led to the van they were riding in to crash, but reports say the van flipped over after running off the road in a desert area.
Netflix series “The Chosen One” have died in a car crash after riding in a van near the city of Mulegé on the Baja California Sur peninsula. The incident left six other members of the production injured. The crew had been working on the television production in the nearby Santa Rosalia area.Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar were the two actors who sustained fatal injuries in the accident.