{"id":3180,"date":"2026-02-02T20:44:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=3180"},"modified":"2026-02-02T20:44:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:44:29","slug":"narcos-mexico-star-gerardo-taracena-dies-aged-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=3180","title":{"rendered":"Narcos: Mexico star Gerardo Taracena dies aged 55"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sad-news-just-in\">Sad news just in.<\/h2>\n<p>Netflix star Gerardo Taracena has died at the age of 55.<\/p>\n<p>Taracena was perhaps best known for his role in Narcos: Mexico, in which he played Pablo Acosta alongside Diego Luna and Michael Pena.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Born in Mexico City, Taracena rose to fame for his performance as Middle Eye in Mel Gibson\u2019s Apocalypto.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">La Asociaci\u00f3n Nacional de Actores lamenta profundamente la partida de nuestro compa\u00f1ero Gerardo Taracena <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eltaracena?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@eltaracena<\/a>. Nos unimos a la pena que embarga a sus familiares, amigos y a la comunidad art\u00edstica.  QEPD. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SmDUPoLlDX\">pic.twitter.com\/SmDUPoLlDX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Asociaci\u00f3n Nacional de Actores (@andactores) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andactores\/status\/2017790306339389792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>He also starred in Texas Rising, Sound of Freedom, Private Perez, and the Netflix series Queen of the South.<\/p>\n<p>His death was confirmed in a statement, reading: \u201cThe National Association of Actors deeply regrets the departure of our colleague Gerardo Taracena. We join in the grief felt by his family, friends and the artistic community.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Nos ha dejado Gerardo Taracena a los 55 a\u00f1os. Trabaj\u00f3 con Gore Verbinski o Tony Scott. Pas\u00f3 por el Apocalypto de Mel Gibson, fue Acosta en Narcos M\u00e9xico y el l\u00edder de la FARC en Sound of freedom en 2023. D.E.P <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sIyzdYiMua\">pic.twitter.com\/sIyzdYiMua<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 elkapocriticon (@kapocriticon) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kapocriticon\/status\/2017942148004393382?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>CinematicaMexico also paid tribute, writing: \u201cHis presence and the power of his performances left an indelible mark on cinema and theatre, in Mexico and the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many tributes from fans have also been shared online, with one writing: \u201cLosing such a versatile powerhouse at only 55 feels like a massive robbery for both Mexican cinema and his global fans. He brought an unmistakable gravity to every scene, making even the smallest roles feel absolutely vital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another wrote: \u201cOne of the best actors I\u2019ve seen. Loved his portrait of Acosta in Narcos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Bottom ad unit --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Custom pseudo content\/category -->\n            <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>#Narcos #Mexico #star #Gerardo #Taracena #dies #aged<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sad news just in. Netflix star Gerardo Taracena has died at the age of 55. Taracena was perhaps best known for his role in Narcos: Mexico, in which he played Pablo Acosta alongside Diego Luna and Michael Pena. &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Born in Mexico City, Taracena rose to fame for his performance as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[673,198,2818,84,2817,1435,2819],"class_list":{"0":"post-3180","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-aged","9":"tag-dies","10":"tag-gerardo","11":"tag-mexico","12":"tag-narcos","13":"tag-star","14":"tag-taracena"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}