‘Survivor’ producer convicted of murdering wife on beach holiday

A former Survivor producer has been convicted of murdering his wife during a 2010 Cancun beach holiday, a state prosecutor said.

Bruce Beresford-Redman was sentenced to 12 years in prison by Judge Víctor Manuel Echeverria Tun, Quintana Roo state prosecutor Gaspar Armando Garcia Torres said.

The American producer was on holiday in Cancun with his Brazilian-born wife, Monica Burgos Beresford-Redman, and their two children in 2010 when her body was found in a sewer cistern at the resort where they were staying. The break was supposed to be an attempt to repair their marriage after she learned her husband had cheated on her.

The Burgos family issued a statement through their lawyer, Alison Triessl. “It has been nearly five years since they lost their beloved sister,” Triessl said. “Not a day goes by that they don’t miss her terribly and nothing will bring her back, but they can finally say that she has received the justice she deserved.”

Garcia Torres left open the possibility prosecutors would appeal for a longer prison term.

“We wanted a maximum sentence,” Garcia Torres said. “We asked for a maximum sentence that we considered should be 50 years for murder.”

He expressed confidence that prosecutors during the three-year process had proved Beresford-Redman killed his wife. “We’re convinced of his guilt.”

Beresford-Redman maintained his innocence. But in 2011 a US court upheld his extradition and shortly after he was sent back to Mexico in 2012, a judge ordered the Emmy-nominated producer to stand trial on a murder charge.

Beresford-Redman produced several episodes of the CBS reality show Survivor and was a co-creator of the MTV show Pimp My Ride.