A Colombian actor who appeared in a Netflix movie and Apple TV series has been found dead with his hands and feet tied.
The body of Kevin Andres Munoz Tovar was found in La Playita, in the Colombian city of Tulua on Monday.
The actor was found tied at the hands and feet, and suffered several machete wounds in what appeared to be an act of torture, local media reported.
A 19-year-old teenager, who has not yet been named, was arrested as a suspect for the murder, according to local police.
Major Nicolas Guillermo Suarez Plata, of the Tulua Police District, said: ‘The Valle Police Department reports that,thanks to the timely information provided by citizens, in an operational deployment of the Police, the capture of a 19-year-old man was achieved who, minutes before, had allegedly participated in the homicide of Kevin Andres Munoz Tovar, a renowned actor from a Colombian film.
Kevin Andres Munoz Tovar (pictured, left) acted in Netflix movie Lavaperros, which was released as ‘Dogwashers’ to Western audiences
His hands and feet were bound, and he was attacked with a machete, local police said
Kevin also starred in an Apple TV show called Echo 3, in which he had a secondary role
An as-yet-unnamed 19-year-old has been arrested as a suspect in Kevin’s murder, but police are still investigating
‘The subjects who caused the injuries then fled the scene, but thanks to information from the community, one of them was captured.’
Tovar participated as a secondary actor in the 2020 Netflix film titled ‘Lavaperros’, which was called ‘Dogwashers’ when released to Western audiences, directed by Carlos Moreno, which focuses on the conflict of a man in financial trouble with a loan shark looking to kill him.
He also participated in the Apple TV series ‘Echo 3’, in which he also had a secondary role.
The show is about an American scientist in Colombia who is kidnapped, and the attempts by her husband and brother to rescue her.
The motive for the murder is unknown, and the investigation is ongoing.
Tributes for the dead star have poured in since the news of his death broke.
One fan said: ‘So much evil, so much pain.’
Another said: ‘My God… how sad! God help his family with this horrible pain.’
A third wrote: ‘My God, poor mother. fly high and rest in peace child. How horrible this news is.’