Escobar's son in warning to Narcos filmmakers

Narcos location scout Carlos Muñoz Portal was found shot to death in Mexico
The violent Netflix series chronicles the world of drug trafficking in Colombia
Son of notorious drugs baron Pablo Escobar has sent a warning to filmmakers
Sebastian Marroquin said they need to be ‘more responsible’ making the drama
He said warned that ‘by telling the story wrong, it can lead to conflicts in real life’

By Julian Robinson for MailOnline

Published: 09:04 BST, 6 October 2017 | Updated: 09:05 BST, 6 October 2017

Pablo Escobar’s son has warned filmmakers behind drugs cartel drama Narcos that story lines ‘can cause real life conflicts’ after a location scout for the hit show was brutally killed.

Carlos Muñoz Portal, 37, was found shot to death on September 11 near the border of Hidalgo state – an area in central Mexico where crime is rampant.

The 37-year-old was a location scout for Netflix series Narcos which chronicles the violent world of drug trafficking – with the first two seasons focusing on notorious Colombian drugs baron Pablo Escobar, who was killed during a shootout in 1993.

Carlos Muñoz Portal (pictured), 37, was found shot to death on September 11 near the border of Hidalgo state – an area in central Mexico where crime is rampant

Today, Escobar’s son warned that Mexico had become a ‘very violent place’ and that although his billionaire father – once the world’s most wanted man – died nearly 25 years ago ‘nothing has changed except the names’.

Sebastian Marroquin, who now gives anti-violence talks, told MirrorOnline that there was now even more drug-trafficking and corruption – and that Netflix ‘should be more responsible’.

‘The drug dealers in Cali are watching Narcos and they don’t like it. They don’t like their names and their cities being used to tell things that aren’t true.

Sebastian Marroquin, the son of Pablo Escobar, has warned Narcos filmmakers that they should be ‘more responsible’ after a location scout was killed in Mexico. He is pictured left and right, as a child, with Escobar

‘By telling the story wrong, it can lead to conflicts in real life. Netflix should be more responsible.’

Muñoz Portal was taking pictures while working on Season 4 of Narcos.

The Mexico State prosecutor’s office said in a statement that the victim’s bullet-riddled body was discovered in his car in farm fields in the township of Temascalapa, about 40 miles northeast of Mexico City, after an apparent chase over back country roads.

Netflix says Munoz was a ‘well-respected location scout’ and the circumstances of his death are still unknown.

Mexico’s film institute says Munoz also worked on the television show ‘Mozart in the Jungle’ and movies including the James Bond film ‘Spectre.’