Suarez was president and general manager of Telemundo-owned stations in Orlando, Tampa and Fort Myers. The news was announced to staff in a memo from NBCUniversal News Chairman Cesar Conde, NBCU Local Chairman Valari Staab and Telemundo station group president Jose Cancela. “We are heartbroken to share the tragic news that Jose Suarez, the president and general manager of the Telemundo-owned stations in Orlando, Tampa and Fort Myers, was killed in a helicopter accident in Kenya.”
