Rafael Amaya was hospitalized in an intensive care unit in Mexico City on October 27, suffering from tachycardia (abnormally fast heart rate), as well as reported drug intoxication. The actor, best known for his role on the telenovela, El Señor del los Cielos took to Twitter two days after the scary incident to cryptically declare he had “come back from the dead.”
Amaya had a near death experience last week when he was rushed to the hospital after overdosing on cocaine. The 38-year-old actor was admitted to Hospital Espanol in the City of México on October 27 at 4 in the morning.
Due to his state, he was rushed to intensive care unit and taken care of in a private, restricted area of the hospital. It was until 2pm of that same day that Rafael reacted to the treatment and woke up. He started eating two hours later and was able to start walking.
However, while it’s all but been confirmed that Rafael Amaya was in the hospital, the rumors over his alleged drug overdose haven’t been confirmed yet.
Telemundo, the American Spanish-language broadcast network that airs the hugely popular El Senor De Los Cielos, released a statement that attempted to clarify the situation earlier this week.
But, rather than doing that, Telemundo only admitted that Rafael Amaya didn’t shoot episodes for the fourth season of El Senor De Los Cielos last week but refused to confirm why Rafael Amaya was out of commission for this period.
“We don’t make comments on rumors about the narco-series is going according to schedule,” the Telemundo statement read, via the Latin Times. “After being out last week, we are happy to know that Rafael is fine and took some well deserved vacation days after 11 months of filming non-stop.”
The statement continued, “The production of season 4 of El Senor De Los Cielos is almost done and will continue as planned. This series has been a hit and a big part of that is due to Rafael’s hard work and dedication. He is a great profession and a dear member of the Telemundo family.”
While Rafael recovers, the series, which is now in its fourth season, has gone on temporary hiatus, and will resume when Rafael is well enough, according to Contact Music. The show, one of Telemundo network’s most popular, is expected to return at a yet to be announced date in 2016.
