Mexico union investigates crash that killed two actors

Mexico’s Nacional Assn. of Actors stated that the union is investigating the accident that killed two actors and injured a number of others who labored on the Netflix collection “The Chosen One.”

Actors Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar have been killed and 6 different solid and crew members have been injured after the van they have been driving in crashed in Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula final Thursday.

RedRum, the manufacturing firm behind the present, stated the group was in transit from Santa Rosalia, Baja California, to the native airport, and there have been no indicators that any security measures had been breached.

Some had speculated that driver fatigue might need been an element within the accident.

However Alejandro Calva, a labor secretary for the nationwide actors affiliation, stated the union has not acquired any complaints about questions of safety associated to the manufacturing.

Calva spoke Tuesday at a press convention.

He stated that RedRum, which has additionally labored on the Netflix hit collection “Narcos,” has a “good repute” within the trade.

“We will not accuse the corporate of completely something,” he stated. “There isn’t any proof that the driving force was not rested, that the corporate had dangerous manufacturing practices.”

The union represents two ladies who have been injured within the crash. They have been each hospitalized however one has since been launched, Calva stated.

Manufacturing on the collection was halted, however has since resumed, Calva stated.

Beforehand known as “American Jesus,” the present was one of many newest diversifications from Netflix’s 2017 acquisition of comedian e book firm Millarworld, a deal it pursued to broaden its superhero credentials.

Native media reported that the van flipped after operating off the street Thursday in a desert space close to Mulege, southeast of Santa Rosalia.

Occasions Workers author Anousha Sakoui contributed to this report.