Locations Manager For ‘Narcos’ Killed In Mexico; Netflix OffersCondolences
A locations manager for Netflix’s Narcos was killed Monday, apparently by gunshot, in a rural area of Mexico known for gang-related drug violence.
A report in the local press indicates 37-year-old Carlos Muñoz Portal died while scouting locations for the show. There are no specifics yet on what happened, but he was last seen heading out to the State of Mexico for some production photographs.
His body was found hours later in his car and had sustained several gunshot wounds. The vehicle was found on an unnamed dirt road in San Bartolo Actopan, part of the municipality of Temascalapa.The site is located very close to the border with Hidalgo, which is notorious for drug-related homicides.
A spokesman for the Attorney General of the State of Mexico said no witnesses have been located.
A Netflix statement said, “We are aware of the passing of Carlos Muñoz Portal, a well-respected location scout, and send our condolences to his family. The facts surrounding his death are still unknown as authorities continue to investigate.”
Munoz was a graduate of the University of the Americas and had been working in the film industry for more than decade as a locations manager. His resume includes Mel Gibson’sApocalyptoandSpecter, the 2015 James Bond film that begins in the Mexico city of Zocalo.
Benjamin Collins
Why the fuck would you shoot a movie about Mexican cartels in Mexico where the cartels are still going strong?
Carson Green
already threads use catalogs
Isaiah Walker
This, locals didn`t take it very happily
Brandon Gonzalez
mexicans really are subhumans, wonder what lovecraft would say about them
Lucas Anderson
not much because mexicans are white
Tyler Moore
Sicario was a great flick. Really opens your eyes to cartel violence and American complicity
Nathaniel Thompson
>go to mexico >get shot
Cooper Wilson
He did a great job finding a shooting location
Eli Baker
Puns are the lowest form of comedy
Aiden Cruz
kek'd
Hudson Fisher
Even if you ignore the pun it's still a funny joke. He did well and found a really good cartel location because he died to drug related violence.
Robert Morgan
t. brainlet
David Anderson
He who would pun would pick a pocket.
Benjamin Ortiz
>americans really are subhumans
Yes, actually.
Wyatt Wright
He was probably trying to pirate the series. They took him out for it.
Liam Phillips
...
Nathaniel Hughes
Do they pay the cartels to use their territory?
Xavier Diaz
pun are the lowest form of wit, jackass.
Trump jokes are the lowest form of comedy.
Kayden Cook
Mexicans truly are animals
Dylan Hill
fuck, wonder if they killed on for doing sicario
Wyatt Perez
So is Narcos cancelled? It's obviously not gonna be filmed in Mexico now.
