Overview
- Luis de la Rosa, a Mexican animator known as Lémur, was struck and killed by a Léman Express train in Annecy on June 24 after entering a restricted railway area and French authorities have opened an investigation into the impact.
- Friends and family set up a GoFundMe organized by Mario Montaño and David Germán Ballesteros to cover repatriation costs with a goal of 750,000 MXN and the fund has raised roughly 47,000 MXN so far.
- Organizers published an itemized budget that totals about 748,000 MXN and lists flights for relatives, two months of lodging, food, local transport, French legal fees, consular paperwork, cremation and a contingency fund.
- Several family members have traveled to France to handle complex administrative and legal procedures in person while colleagues and industry figures, including Guillermo del Toro, publicly mourn de la Rosa’s work.
- Because French police must complete parts of the inquiry and certify documents, the shortfall in funding could delay repatriation and extend costs for the family while any excess donations will be redirected to arts-related causes.