Tijuana, BC. – Actor José María Yazpik said that as a teenager he was close to narco in Tijuana, this appeared as part of his participation in the second season of “Narcos: Mexico” which will premiere on A&E on February 15.
“Fortunately, I was indirectly connected to the world of drug trafficking, because in Tijuana, in the 1980s, it was a very closed society, and drug traffickers were part of that society,” Yazpik said.
In a Zoom interview, which gives life to Amado Carrillo Fuentes “Lord of Heaven”, he said that he met Ramón Arellano Félix, because from time to time he will appear at parties he attends.
“I had some very close frictions with certain members of the Arellano family, I even went to school with a couple of junior narcotics and I went to parties where Ramón Arellano suddenly came,” he said.
Yazpik, who lived in Tijuana for a stage of his life, clarified that they did not talk about drugs all day or that they were violent, they were just partners, nothing more.
“All those people or the vast majority are already dead or in prison, one of my friends I went to school with just got out of prison recently, and I didn’t take them with me, but he was part of the group’s scope. , with whom you lived in the same neighborhood, you went to the same club, to the same school, you went in the evening, you saw them coming back, well that was the relationship “, explained the 50-year-old actor.
He pointed out that from these experiences, the memory of time helped him to have that sensory back and to help him better understand his character and understand him as a human being without glorifying him.
“This series differs from the others who have reached this problem, because they do not glorify themselves, all or most end up in prison or dead, all end up receiving the punishment they deserve or not, and therefore glorification is no longer given.” , He showed.
He goes with Diego Luna. He said the biggest challenge in bringing Carrillo to life was to make him credible, as there is not much information and to try to sympathize with a character who has done a lot of damage.
“It’s especially complicated to live in a country so brutally affected by drug trafficking,” said the actor who shares credits with Diego Luna as Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo.
Even when it is a fictional story, it has real life data, which fortunately or unfortunately, depending on how it looks, have favored you for this project.
“It’s a painful topic, but it’s important to talk about it, it’s important to create a conversation. Unfortunately, in several Latin American countries we are immersed in drug trafficking, it is important not to glorify them, “he concluded.
The Netflix series, in the second season, will be broadcast on the A&E screen, in this story also participating Marian Trevino, Fernando Urrejola and Mayra Hermosillo, the latter gives life to Enedina Arellano Félix, all were in the virtual conference.