# La Reina del Sur season 3

The third season of the American drama television series La Reina del Sur takes place four years after the events of the second season. The season is written by Lina Uribe and Darío Vanegas and directed by Carlos Bolado, Carlos Villegas and Claudia Pedraza, with Marcos Santana serving as executive producer and showrunner.
The season was announced on 16 July 2020.
The season premiered on Telemundo on 18 October 2022.

## Plot

After four years in prison in the United States for the deaths of three DEA agents, Teresa Mendoza escapes but will have to face a world full of conspiracy, risking her life in order to clear her name and reunite with her daughter Sofía.

## Cast
### Main

* Kate del Castillo as Teresa Mendoza
* Pêpê Rapazote as Pablo Landero
* Antonio Gil as Oleg Yosikov
* Isabella Sierra as Sofía Dantes
* Alejandro Calva as César Güemes "Batman"
* Cuca Escribano as Sheila
* Kika Edgar as Genoveva Alcalá
* Lincoln Palomeque as Faustino Sánchez Godoy
* Ed Trucco as Ernie Palermo
* Horacio García Rojas as Charlie Velázquez
* Ágata Clares as Paloma Aljarafe
* Emannuel Orenday as Danilo Márquez
* Beth Chamberlin as Jane Kosar
* Sofia Lama as Susana Guzmán
* Humberto Zurita as Epifanio Vargas

### Recurring and guest stars

* Tiago Correa as Jonathan Peres
* Daniel Martínez as Senator
* Carlos Valencia as Montaño
* Arturo Ríos as Delio Jurado
* Dmitry Anisimov as Anton Potapushin
* Sara Vidorreta as Rocío Aljarafe
* Denia Agalianou as Vanessa
* Anderley Palomino as Mateo Mena
* Eduardo Yáñez as Antonio Alcalá
* Noé Hernández as General Carlos Garrido
* Pedro Grossman as Rogelio Tejada
* Matias Novoa as Nacho Duarte
* Jorge Ortiz as Don Satur
* Cristian Mercado as Captain Fredy Rojas
* Ariel Vargas as Sierra
* Fernando Solórzano as Father Gonzalo Perea
* Jarlin Martínez as Officer Ruiz
* Carla Ortiz as Karen Chacón
* Jorge Hidalgo as Abel
* Victor Rebull as Fedor Yasikov
* Alejandra Lazcano as Lina
* Alina Lozano
* Susana Condori
* Alejandro Marañón as El Perro
* Marcelo Dos Santos as Lorenzo Mortati
* María Abadi as Julieta Brito
* Alejo Fernández as Lucho
* Fabio Di Tomaso as Samuel Graiver
* Guillermo Pfening as Gregorio
* José María Negri
* Rodrigo Palacios as Bernardo
* Mayella Lloclla as Ana del Castillo
* Mariano Bertolini as Hugo
* Beto Benites as Rubén
* Gerardo Zamora as Eloy
* Emanuel Soriano as Armando
* Favio Posca as Salvatorre
* Gon Spina as Luis Gallardo

## Production
### Development

On 16 July 2020, Telemundo announced that it had renewed La Reina del Sur for a third season. Filming of the season began on 31 May 2021. The season was filmed for seven months in countries like Bolivia, Peru, Argentina and Colombia. Filming concluded on 20 December 2021.

### Marketing

To promote the new season, Telemundo began to show re-runs of the second season weekday afternoons beginning on 18 July 2022. On 21 April 2022, Telemundo released the first teaser for the season.

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Viewers (millions) |
| 124 | 1 | "Morir para vivir" | 18 October 2022 (2022-10-18) | 1.21 |
| 125 | 2 | "Bye, Bye gringos" | 19 October 2022 (2022-10-19) | 1.45 |
| 126 | 3 | "El trato" | 20 October 2022 (2022-10-20) | 1.29 |
| 127 | 4 | "Volverte a ver" | 21 October 2022 (2022-10-21) | 1.01 |
| 128 | 5 | "La bienvenida" | 24 October 2022 (2022-10-24) | 1.18 |
| 129 | 6 | "Dime quién eres" | 25 October 2022 (2022-10-25) | 1.06 |
| 130 | 7 | "Desaparecida" | 26 October 2022 (2022-10-26) | 1.09 |
| 131 | 8 | "Cholitas en acción" | 27 October 2022 (2022-10-27) | 1.28 |
| 132 | 9 | "Error de principiante" | 28 October 2022 (2022-10-28) | 0.99 |
| 133 | 10 | "Rumbo a Potosí" | 31 October 2022 (2022-10-31) | 0.85 |
| 134 | 11 | "El Tio" | 1 November 2022 (2022-11-01) | 0.97 |
| 135 | 12 | "El negocio" | 2 November 2022 (2022-11-02) | 0.93 |
| 136 | 13 | "Going to London" | 3 November 2022 (2022-11-03) | 0.91 |
| 137 | 14 | "La traición" | 4 November 2022 (2022-11-04) | 0.76 |
| 138 | 15 | "Bad Luck" | 7 November 2022 (2022-11-07) | 0.79 |
| 139 | 16 | "Un viejo conocido" | 9 November 2022 (2022-11-09) | 0.88 |
| 140 | 17 | "A salvo" | 10 November 2022 (2022-11-10) | 0.82 |
| 141 | 18 | "El hombre del que me enamoré" | 11 November 2022 (2022-11-11) | 0.88 |
| 142 | 19 | "Adiós, Baronesa" | 14 November 2022 (2022-11-14) | 0.78 |
| 143 | 20 | "La caleta" | 15 November 2022 (2022-11-15) | 0.93 |
| 144 | 21 | "Que esperen los demás" | 16 November 2022 (2022-11-16) | 0.86 |
| 145 | 22 | "El jinete negro" | 17 November 2022 (2022-11-17) | 0.78 |
| 146 | 23 | "Para quién trabajas" | 18 November 2022 (2022-11-18) | 0.88 |
| 147 | 24 | "Asunto de vida o muerte" | 21 November 2022 (2022-11-21) | 0.82 |
| 148 | 25 | "Que en paz descanse" | 22 November 2022 (2022-11-22) | 0.91 |
| 149 | 26 | "Venimos por ustedes" | 23 November 2022 (2022-11-23) | 1.06 |
| 150 | 27 | "De mujer a mujer" | 28 November 2022 (2022-11-28) | 0.93 |
| 151 | 28 | "Peor que antes" | 29 November 2022 (2022-11-29) | 0.93 |
| 152 | 29 | "Esconderse no es una opción" | 30 November 2022 (2022-11-30) | 1.00 |
| 153 | 30 | "Dos equipos" | 1 December 2022 (2022-12-01) | 0.93 |
| 154 | 31 | "Un negocio como cualquier otro" | 2 December 2022 (2022-12-02) | 0.88 |
| 155 | 32 | "La mejor defensa es el ataque" | 5 December 2022 (2022-12-05) | 0.90 |
| 156 | 33 | "Favor con favor se paga" | 6 December 2022 (2022-12-06) | 0.96 |
| 157 | 34 | "Un juego de probabilidades" | 7 December 2022 (2022-12-07) | 0.83 |
| 158 | 35 | "Que gane el mejor" | 8 December 2022 (2022-12-08) | 0.81 |
| 159 | 36 | "Hombre es hombre" | 9 December 2022 (2022-12-09) | 0.84 |
| 160 | 37 | "Zombi" | 12 December 2022 (2022-12-12) | 0.89 |
| 161 | 38 | "La cita" | 13 December 2022 (2022-12-13) | 0.95 |
| 162 | 39 | "Que pidan lo que quieran" | 14 December 2022 (2022-12-14) | 0.81 |
| 163 | 40 | "La regresión" | 15 December 2022 (2022-12-15) | 0.83 |
| 164 | 41 | "Tú no eres capaz" | 16 December 2022 (2022-12-16) | 0.78 |
| 165 | 42 | "La hora gris" | 19 December 2022 (2022-12-19) | 1.00 |
| 166 | 43 | "Me la vas a pagar" | 20 December 2022 (2022-12-20) | 0.80 |
| 167 | 44 | "El intercambio" | 21 December 2022 (2022-12-21) | 0.85 |
| 168 | 45 | "Función a las siete" | 22 December 2022 (2022-12-22) | 0.92 |
| 169 | 46 | "Un poco de cultura" | 26 December 2022 (2022-12-26) | 0.79 |
| 170 | 47 | "Apocalipsis" | 27 December 2022 (2022-12-27) | 0.80 |
| 171 | 48 | "Pisándole los talones" | 28 December 2022 (2022-12-28) | 0.85 |
| 172 | 49 | "Hola Higgins" | 29 December 2022 (2022-12-29) | 0.88 |
| 173 | 50 | "La voy a extrañar" | 2 January 2023 (2023-01-02) | 0.86 |
| 174 | 51 | "Invencible" | 3 January 2023 (2023-01-03) | 0.89 |
| 175 | 52 | "Hermanos del alma" | 4 January 2023 (2023-01-04) | 0.87 |
| 176 | 53 | "Un rayo de luz" | 5 January 2023 (2023-01-05) | 0.92 |
| 177 | 54 | "Senador García" | 6 January 2023 (2023-01-06) | 0.83 |
| 178 | 55 | "Una celebridad" | 9 January 2023 (2023-01-09) | 0.96 |
| 179 | 56 | "Sálvenlo" | 10 January 2023 (2023-01-10) | 0.87 |
| 180 | 57 | "El peor error" | 11 January 2023 (2023-01-11) | 0.92 |
| 181 | 58 | "Él es Uriel" | 12 January 2023 (2023-01-12) | 0.92 |
| 182 | 59 | "El informante" | 13 January 2023 (2023-01-13) | 0.96 |
| 183 | 60 | "A hierro matas, a hierro mueres" | 16 January 2023 (2023-01-16) | 1.10 |

## Music

La Reina del Sur: 3ra Temporada (Banda Sonora Original) is the soundtrack to the third season of the series. It was released by Discos Telemundo on 21 October 2022. It features 45 score cues composed by Carlos Rafael Rivera, and the theme song of the third season performed by The Miami Symphony Orchestra and Sofi Saar.