Overview
- Beamonte said Tuesday that he signed a Voluntad Anticipada and an order not to resuscitate during a visit to the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán pain clinic.
- He described his choice as ortotanasia, which means allowing a terminal illness to follow its natural course while receiving palliative care and refusing interventions meant only to prolong dying; this is not euthanasia.
- The actor was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia with the Philadelphia chromosome in May 2025, doctors later declared him terminal, and he opted to stop further curative treatments.
- Beamonte framed the decision in terms of his Christian faith, said he remains under palliative care at INCMNSZ, and has experienced serious effects from the disease such as loss of vision in one eye and increased dependence on family.
- Mexican media note that euthanasia is not authorized in Mexico and that advance directives and DNR orders are legal tools patients use to record end‑of‑life wishes, a development likely to raise public discussion about care options for terminal patients.