8.046 minSeason 3 • Episode 13
LatestEsteban demands from Don Sol that he resign, he refuses and threatens to confess that Chapo paid for his campaign and that he helped him escape from prison. Don Sol suspects that El Chapo will hide with Marcelo and sends the army to look for him. While Gortari wants to appoint his daughter as presidential candidate but eventually Don Sol earns his trust and is himself appointed.
A look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power of during the '90s and his ultimate downfall in 2016.
Acting
Marco de la O's transformation from scrawny hustler to terrifying legend.
Writing
Government complicity so blatant it feels like documentary footage.
Production
Period detail that makes 80s Sinaloa smell like sweat and cordite.
Creators
José Manuel Cravioto, Carlos Contreras, Ernesto Contreras, Daniel Posada, Silvana Aguirre Zegarra
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