Carlos Miguel Suárez Soto died on Tuesday, October 20, closing the life of an actor once familiar from Televisa telenovelas and later seen far from the set, behind a taco stand in Ciudad de México. Roberto Tello, known as El Coreano, announced the death in an Instagram post during the madrugada.
For readers searching his name now, the reason is simple: the news is fresh, but the arc behind it has been in motion for years. Suárez Soto had already spent a long stretch away from telenovelas by the time of his death, after financial problems and the aftermath of a kidnapping pushed him into selling tacos de canasta and later tacos de guisado, tortas, burritos, and other preparations. He was remembered for playing Poncho in Tú y yo, and his television work stretched through the 1980s and 1990s, including roles in Dos mujeres, un camino, Volver a empezar, Soñadoras, Amigas y rivales, Muchachitas, Las vías del amor, La verdad oculta, and Mujer de madera.
He had already explained in public how that break unfolded. In a 2017 interview with De Primera Mano, he said he had been held for four days in what began as a secuestro exprés and then ran longer than expected. He said he lost some teeth, suffered tendon injuries and later received therapy. He also said he did not pursue the case legally because he feared retaliation against his daughters, after the kidnappers showed him photographs of them. The same period, he said, also exposed how television had changed, with telenovelas giving way to series and fewer opportunities for actors like him.
The death notice leaves one thing unanswered: the exact cause of death has not been made public. What is clear is that Suárez Soto’s final chapter was shaped long before Tuesday, by the same violence and career changes he described years ago, and by a working life that ended not on a soundstage but in the daily grind of earning a living.
