# Tres Caínes

Los Tres Caínes (The 3 Cains) is a 2013 Spanish-language TV Series produced by RTI Producciones for Colombia-based television network RCN TV and United States–based television network MundoFox. Based on the story of the Colombian paramilitary leaders Carlos Castaño, Vicente Castaño and Fidel Castaño. It stars Julián Román, Elkin Díaz and Gregorio Pernía. It was released on March 4, 2013, and ended on June 18 of the same year. It is an adapted story by the Castaño brothers, based on the research of their librettist, Gustavo Bolívar. A week after its release, and following a movement of citizens (mostly victims of paramilitarism) on social networks, who under the slogan #noen3caines protested for considering it a purely commercial exploitation of violence, after this, some brands withdrew their advertising from the series.
The series has been criticized by academics, journalists, human rights defenders, victims of paramilitarism and state crimes, and citizens outraged by its lack of rigor and its dialogues that re-victimize various social sectors that were victims of this illegal armed force created by the brothers Vicente, Fidel and Carlos Castaño Gil, around whom the production revolves, similar to a controversy over alleged support for drug trafficking in the series Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord. At the same time, the Diocese of Quibdó also criticized the series for not highlighting the role of the Church during the Bojayá Massacre.
At the same time, the series has been strongly criticized by Jesús Ignacio Roldán Pérez 'Monoleche', one of the most notorious ex-paramilitaries of the AUC, and at one time a high-ranking member. The series shows events that according to 'Monoleche' he seriously claims did not happen in real life, and that these scenes caused him problems with his relatives and especially with his minor children at that time. highlighting the scene of a young Monoleche (played by Sebastián Rendón) disturbed by the severed arm of a peasant, and swore to sue Gustavo Bolívar.
Julián Román, who played Carlos Castaño, received death threats shortly before the premiere of the series and expressed his rejection of paramilitarism and its manual for making its victims disappear.

## Cast
### Castaño family

| Actor | Character | Real character |
| Julián Román | Carlos Castaño | Carlos Castaño |
| Daniel Rengifo | Carlos Castaño (young) | Carlos Castaño (young) |
| Gregorio Pernía | Fidel Castaño | Fidel Castaño |
| Elkin Díaz | Vicente Castaño | Vicente Castaño |
| Luz Stella Luengas | Flor Gil de Castaño | Rosa Eva Gil Meneses de Castaño |
| Eileen Moreno | Romualda Castaño | Rumalda Castaño |
| Juliana Posso | Delfina Castaño | Adelfa Castaño |
| Mariana Córdoba | Margarita Castaño | Margarita Castaño |
| Alex Gil | Marcos Castaño | Manuel Castaño |
| Alex Betancour | Alberto Castaño | Alberto Castaño |
| Kevin Bury | Lucas Castaño | Lucas Castaño |
| Luis Fernando Múnera | José Alberto Castaño | Jesús Alberto Castaño González |
| Jesús Forero | José Alberto Castaño (young) | José Alberto Castaño (young) |
| Martha Osorio | Luz Marina Gil | Luz Marina Gil |
| Jenny Osorio | Manuela Cuadrado | María Margarita Meza |
| Paula Estrada | Clara de Castaño | Paula Restrepo |
| Michell Orozco | Laura Castaño | Lina Castaño Restrepo |
| Paulina Dávila | Keni | Kenia Gómez Toro |

### Self-defenses

| Actor | Character | Real character |
| Francisco Bolívar | Alias "Luciano" | Jorge Iván Laverde "Iguano" |
| Nelson Camayo | Alias "J2" | Jhon Darío Henao Gil "H2" |
| Sebastián Mogollón | Alias "Monoleche" | Jesús Ignacio Roldán "Monoleche" |
| Sebastián Rendón | Alias "Monoleche" (joven) | Alias "Monoleche" (joven) |
| Santiago Prieto | Alias "Monoleche" (niño) | Alias "Monoleche" (niño) |
| Julio Correal | Rodrigo "Doble Cero" | Carlos Mauricio García "Doble Cero" |
| Margarita Reyes | Tamara López | Olga Escobar |
| Frank Beltrán | Alias "JJ" | Ever Veloza "HH" |
| Agmeth Escaf | Salvatore Mancini | Salvatore Mancuso |
| Hector Mejía | Alias "El Alemán" | Fredy Rendón Herrera "El Alemán" |
| Carlos Velásquez | Alias "Don Serna" | Diego Fernando Murillo "Don Berna" |
| Ricardo Vesga | Gael Galeón | Rafaél Galeano |
| Gastón Velandia | Nestor Páez | Ernesto Báez |
| Alberto Barrero | Alias "Cordero" | Carlos Mario Jiménez "Macaco" |
| Harold Córdoba | Ferney Peláez | Henry Pérez |
| Andrés Ogilvie | Alias "Copetín" | Rodolfo Ospina Baraya "Chapulín" |
| Ulises González | Alias "Gordolindo" | Francisco Javier Zuluaga Lindo "Gordolindo" |
| Josué Bernal | Alias "El Águila" | Luis Eduardo Cifuentes "El Águila" |
| Nacho Hijuelos | Ramón Isaza | Ramón Isaza |
| Hernán Cabiativa | Ariel Otero | Ariel Otero |
| Jorge Soto | Miguel Arroyave | Miguel Arroyave |
| Andrés Bolivar | Alias "Paladar" | Alias "Paladar" |

### Medellín cartel, family and hitmen

| Actor | Character | Real character |
| Juan Pablo Franco | Pablo Escobar | Pablo Escobar |
| Julio Pachón | Gustavo Gaviria Rivero | Gustavo Gaviria Rivero |
| Rodolfo Silva | Gonzalo Rodríguez Mahecha | Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha |
| Silvio David Plaza | Alias "El Panda" | Roberto Escobar Gaviria |
| Mauro Urquijo | Eduardo Rocha | Jorge Luis Ochoa |
| David Paez | Alias "El Pití" | Jhon Jairo Posada "El Tití" |
| Freddy Ordóñez | Alias "El Chupo" | Mario Alberto Castaño Molina |
| Carlos Manuel Vesga | Hernán Darío Henao "HH" | Hernán Darío Henao "HH" |
| Yesenia Valencia | Isabel Henao de Escobar | María Victoria Henao de Escobar |
| Wilmer Cadavid | Juan Carlos Escobar | Juan Pablo Escobar |
| Alison García | Mónica Escobar | Manuela Escobar |
| Jorge Iván Rico | Eduardo Galeón | Fernando Galeano |
| Jaime Correa | Mariano Moncada | Gerardo Moncada |
| Sebastián Boscán | Alias "Espinaco" | Jhon Jairo Velásquez "Popeye" |
| Dubán Prado | Alias "Tysonn" | Brances Muñoz Mosquera |
| Carlos Alberto Mejía | Alias "Querubín" | Alfonso León Puerta Muñoz "El angelito" |
| Julián Beltrán | Marcos Fender | Carlos Lehder |
| Morris Bravo | Alias "Toto" | Otoniel de Jesús González "Otto" |
| Federico Rivera | Alias "El anillo" | Carlos Mario Alzate "El Arete" |

### Government and press

| Actor | Character | Real character |
| José Manuel Ospina | Jairo García | Jaime Garzón |
| Diego Camacho | Enrique Sander | Ernesto Samper Pizano |
| Fernando Corredor | Gustavo de Griffin | Gustavo de Greiff |
| Mario Ruiz | Germán Giraldo | Cesar Gaviria Trujillo |
| Diana Parra | Primera dama de Giraldo | Ana Milena Muñoz de Gaviria |
| Pedro Roda | Rafael Moreno | Rafael Pardo |
| Carlos Cifuentes | Jaime García | Jaime Giraldo Ángel |
| Norman Karin | Coronel Cabas | Coronel Hernando Navas Rubio |
| Steven Salme | Viceministro Efraín Mesa | Eduardo Mendoza de la Torre |
| Andrés Suárez | Antonio Arango | Andrés Pastrana |
| Tatiana Rentería | Primera dama de Arango | Nohra Puyana de Pastrana |
| Juan Carlos Messier | Alberto Otero | Fernando Botero Zea |
| Felipe Galofre | Gobernador de Antioquia | Álvaro Uribe Vélez |
| Daniel Rocha | Gobernador de Sucre | Salvador Arana |
| Walter Luengas | Luis Carlos Galán | Luis Carlos Galán |
| Juan Carlos Serrano | Rodrigo Lara Bonilla | Rodrigo Lara Bonilla |
| Santiago Soto | Alfredo Gómez | Álvaro Gómez Hurtado |
| Christian Gómez | Yair Urrego | Jairo Ortega |
| Herbert King | Otto Páez | Eudaldo Díaz Salgado |
| Myriam de Lourdes | Isabel Mariño | Gloria Cuartas |
| Bernardo Restrepo | Yamid Amat | Yamid Amat |
| Julio Sánchez Cóccaro | Orlando Troya | Horacio Serpa |
| Isabela Córdoba | Sofía Rumiére | Claudia Gurisatti |
| Rafael Henríquez | Andrés Escobar | Andrés Escobar |

### Police and army

| Actor | Character | Real character |
| Alberto Palacio | General Rito Bedoya | General Rito Alejo del Río |
| Juan Carlos Solarte | Coronel Daniel Góngora | Coronel Danilo González |
| Andres Soleibe | Mayor Hugo Pallomar | Mayor Hugo Aguilar Naranjo |
| Hermes Camelo | General Murillo | General Murillo |
| Guillermo Blanco | Coronel Álvaro Arévalo | Coronel Álvaro Arévalo |

### ECAR and M-19

| Actor | Character | Real character |
| Iván Rodríguez | Miguel Miranda "Punto-Fijo" | Manuel Marulanda Vélez "Tirofijo" |
| Alberto Pujol | Comandante Briñez "Morrocoy" | Jorge Briceño Suárez "El Mono Jojoy" |
| Luis Miguel Hurtado | Alfonso Ocampo | Guillermo León Saenz "Alfonso Cano" |
| William Mesa | Ramiro Rey | Raul Reyes |
| Rashed Estefenn Rodríguez | César Navarro/Carlos Pizano | Carlos Pizarro Leongómez |
| Fernando Arango | Gilberto Montañéz 'Montaña' | Gilberto Montañéz 'Montaña' |
| Conrado Osorio | Salvador | Salvador |
| Alberto Cardeño | Comandante del ECAR | Comandante del ECAR |

### Cali Cartel and allies

| ! Actor | Character | Real character |
| Luis Enrique Roldán | Alberto Ramírez Rajuela | Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela |
| Harold Fonseca | Manuel Ramírez Rajuela | Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela |
| Carlos Congote | Giuseppe Santamaría | José Santacruz Londoño |
| Mauricio Goyeneche | Hermes Valenzuela | Hélmer Herrera Buitrago |
| Ana Bolena Mesa | Elsa Montoya | Elizabeth Montoya |
| Alejandro Gutiérrez | Santiago Medina | Santiago Medina |

### Norte del Valle Cartel y other characters

| Actor | Character | Real character |
| Pedro Mogollón | Juvino | Juvino |
| Mauricio Cujar | Alias "Raspón" | Luis Hernando Gómez "Rasguño" |
| Javier Sáenz | Alias "Bisturí" | Juan Carlos Ortiz Escobar "Cuchilla" |
| Luis Fernando Salas | Alias "Chuleta" | Juan Carlos Ramírez Abadía "Chupeta" |
| Luis Eduardo Motoa | Embajador de Estados Unidos | Myles Frechette |
| Ricardo Mera Solarte | Alfredo Puerta | "Martín Llanos" |
| Alfredo Cuellar | Alias "JC" | Luis Eduardo Linares "HK" |
| Mauricio Figueroa | Leyton | Leyton |
| Ricardo Vélez | Santamaría | Juan Manuel Santos |
| Victor Cifuentes | Empresario | Empresario |
| Luis Fernando Orozco | Empresario | Empresario |
| Henry Montealegre | Adrián Cuadrado | Adrián Cuadrado |
| Brian Moreno | Aurelio Miranda | Aurelio Miranda |
| Saín Castro | Eliecér Jimenez | Eliecér Jimenez |
| Adriana Osorio | Karina's mother | Karina's mother |
| Andrea Ribelles | Martha | Martha |
| Constanza Gutiérrez | Alicia's mother | Alicia's mother |
| Julio del Mar | Don Asdrúbal | Don Asdrúbal |
| María Emilia Kamper | Karen's mother | Karen's mother |
| David Guerrero | Mayor of Amalfi | Mayor of Amalfi |
| Maruia Shelton | María Isabela, reporter | María Isabela, reporter |
| Adriana Silva | Laura Galeón | Mireya Galeano |
| Humberto Arango | Mayor of Puerto Boyacá | Mayor of Puerto Boyacá |
| Matilde Lemaitre | Karen | Karen |
| Daniel Medina | Doctor Frank Viviescas | Doctor Frank Viviescas |
| Barbaro Marin | Andrew Miller | Javier Peña |
| Beatriz Ramírez | Keni's mother | Keni's mother |
| Claudia Rocío Mora Hurtado | Carmen | Carmen |
| María Cristina Galindo | Mercedes, Carolina's mother | Mercedes, Carolina's mother |
| Wilderman García | Aldeano | Aldeano |

### Mistresses

| Actor | Character | Real character |
| Carina Cruz | Carina Londoño | Carina Londoño |
| Estefanía Piñeres Duque | Carolina Jimenez | Carolina Jimenez |
| Carolina Coll | Susana | Susana |
| Emilia Ceballos | Alicia Ríos | Alicia Ríos |
| Juliana Daza | Alejandra | Alejandra |
| Juliana Caballero | Pamela | Pamela |

## Broadcasters

| Country | Alternate title/Translation | TV network(s) | Series premiere | Series finale | Weekly schedule | Timeslot |
| Colombia | Tres Caínes | RCN TV | March 4, 2013 | June 18, 2013 | Monday to Friday | 21:30 |
| United States | Tres Caínes | Mundo FOX | March 5, 2013 | June 21, 2013 | Monday to Friday | 9pm/8c |
| Puerto Rico | Tres Caínes | Mundo FOX | March 5, 2013 | June 21, 2013 | Monday to Friday | 22:00 |
| Costa Rica | Tres Caínes | Repretel | January 6, 2014 | May 2, 2014 | Monday to Friday | 22:00 |
| Panama | Tres Caínes | Telemetro | January 28, 2014 | Canceled | Monday to Friday | 22:=0 |