Actor Octavio Ocaña touches his face with his right hand. He is covered in blood and his truck has just crashed on a highway in Cuautitlán Izcalli (State of Mexico). The police prowl the car, an officer takes a photo of him while he is still alive, another checks the interior of the vehicle and a couple more have one of the companions of the interpreter of the series Neighbors immobilized against the asphalt of the highway. These are the first seconds after the police chase, on Friday afternoon, in which the 22-year-old actor lost his life. The images, which were released this Sunday, delve into the reasons why the young man died after being shot in the head.
The Mexican State Prosecutor’s Office explained on Saturday that Ocaña was driving accompanied by two other people through the streets of Cuautitlán Izcalli and that a police patrol ordered him to stop, but that the interpreter accelerated the car and began a chase. After several minutes, the actor lost control of the car, left the Chamapa-Lechería highway and crashed into a wall. The Prosecutor’s Office maintains that the shot that killed Ocaña was detonated from inside the vehicle and that the police found him already wounded and with a firearm after the crash.
A surveillance video from the State of Mexico Police shows Ocaña’s gray Jeep truck starting at full speed after receiving the wake-up call from a police patrol. The chase begins with Ocaña overtaking the rest of the motorists and the patrol approaching at times, however, the truck accelerates and brushes against other vehicles without stopping. The City Council of Cuautitlán Izcalli has assured in a statement that the municipal policemen “attended the report that there were some people aboard a gray Jeep truck carrying a firearm.” The Prosecutor’s Office maintains that one of the passengers told the Public Ministry that Ocaña took the weapon out of the glove compartment during the journey.
A second video exposes the scene after the crash and focuses precisely on Ocaña, who, already injured, can barely move an arm to touch his bloody face. The images have unleashed outrage in networks over the attitude of the police, who avoid helping the actor and only focus on arresting his companions. The town council has also explained that Ocaña “was found injured with a firearm in his hand” and that “he was still alive” for which he was transferred to the Lomas Verdes hospital where he died. His left hand is not visible in the images, nor is the weapon that the authorities have described.
The actor’s family has expressed their outrage at the first information released by the Prosecutor’s Office and the City Council. The interpreter’s father, Octavo Pérez, has assured that his son was accompanied by two people known to his family. “I was going with people of mine that I trust,” he said. He also denied that Ocaña had possession of a weapon. “Do not ask me about weapons because that does not exist, those are things that they invented,” he said. The actor’s family held a discreet funeral that was not attended by his co-stars, according to the Mexican press. Ocaña began his career as a child actor in 2005 with the role of Benito Rivers in the series Neighbors by Eugenio Derbez, produced by Televisa. The interpreter grew up in front of the screen during the 11 seasons that the series premiered.
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