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Se Cayó El Sistema

**Se Cayó El Sistema** is the eighth episode of Season 2 of *Narcos: Mexico*. It aired on February 13, 2020.

## Synopsis

Mexican authorities, the FBI and Félix all seek out Acosta after a newspaper publishes an interview with him. The presidential election begins.

## Plot

Acosta goes to the American press and gives an interview on the trafficking through Mexico, leading to multiple parties looking to hunt him down. Breslin finds Acosta in a small border town to give him an immunity deal, but Acosta is killed in a joint DFS and FBI assault on the town.

Félix is in Mexico City overseeing the election results with the computers displaying false results from the polling stations leading to a lower voter turnout, but they crash the system when others get suspicious. Félix then makes his plazas go to the polling stations and alter the tally results of the election for a PRI win. They burn the physical ballots afterwards. Herrera informs Félix his 70 tons of coke are ready for pickup and Amado must rush to get his planes ready in time; Amado then finds the trackers on the planes.

## Cast

* Diego Luna as Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
* Joaquín Cosío as Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo
* José María Yazpik as Amado Carrillo Fuentes
* Ernesto Alterio as Salvador Osuna Nava
* Tessa Ia as Sofia Conesa
* Alejandro Edda as Joaquín Guzmán Loera
* Alfonso Dosal as Benjamín Arellano Félix
* Fermin Martinez as Juan José Esparragoza Moreno
* Fernanda Urrejola as Maria Elvira
* Gerardo Taracena as Pablo Acosta
* Gorka Lasaosa as Héctor Palma Salazar
* Viviana Serna as Guadalupe Leija Serrano ("Lupita")
* Guillermo Villegas as Sammy Alvarez
* Tenoch Huerta as Rafael Caro Quintero
* Horacio Garcia Rojas as Tomas Morlet
* Jackie Earle Haley as Jim Ferguson
* Manuel Masalva as Ramón Arellano Félix
* Teresa Ruiz as Isabella Bautista
* Yul Vazquez as John Gavin
* Julio Cesar Cedillo as Commander Guillermo Calderoni
* Scoot McNairy as Walt Breslin
* Wagner Moura as Pablo Escobar
* Alberto Ammann as Hélmer Herrera
* Francisco Denis as Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela (reprising his role from Narcos)
* Pêpê Rapazote as José Santacruz Londoño
* Jorge A. Jimenez as Roberto Ramos
* Julián Díaz as Blackie
* Eric Lange as Bill Stechner
* Brian Buckley as John Clay Walker
* Mike Doyle as Thomas Buehl
* Sosie Bacon as Mimi Webb Miller
Norte del Valle cartel

The **North Valley Cartel** (Spanish: *Norte del Valle Cartel*) was a Colombian drug cartel which operated primarily in the Valle del Cauca department of Colombia. The cartel gained prominence after the collapse of the both the Medellín and Cali cartels.

Formed in the 1980s, the cartel during its initial years worked under the much powerful Cali cartel. In 1986, Henao Montoya upstarted the Cali cartel by selling cocaine to Isabella Bautista and Enedina Arellano Félix. After the collapse of Pablo Escobar's drug empire in 1993, the Norte del Valle often locked horns with the much powerful Cali Cartel. The aggression morphed into an all-out war following Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela's announcement in 1995 that the Cali cartel would be surrendering to the government in six months. To complicate things, Hélmer Herrera had Claudio Salazar's body ripped apart by two motorcycles. Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela then sent Navegante and Jorge Salcedo to kidnap Claudio's son from Gerda Salazar.

Taking advantage of the Cali cartel's exit, the Norte del Valle became the exclusive suppliers of the Juárez cartel of Mexico. As part of the agreement between Henao and Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Henao was permitted to send his men to kill Herrera as he lay low in Mexico. This attack coincided with another attack targetting Miguel Rodriguez at the opening of the Cali Fair. Both the Cali cartel leaders escape unharmed, but Herrera's brother Álvaro was left permanently paralyzed. Herrera retaliated by assassinating Ivan Urdinola Grajales and wiping out the remnants of Salazar family.

Henao, who supplied information about the Salazar family's whereabouts to Herrera, consolidated power with his right-hand man Wilber Varela and became the main leader of the cartel. After all Cali cartel leaders were imprisoned, he had Varela kill Miguel's son David. He later sent a *sicario* to murder Herrera in prison. After Carlos Castaño Gil killed José Santacruz Londoño and the Rodriguez brothers were stated to be extradited to the United States, the Cali cartel was effectively finished. With his cartel leading the cocaine production in Colombia, Montoya took some very radical steps to decentralize his operation.

## Members

### Leadership

* Orlando Henao Montoya
* Henry Loaiza Ceballos
* Ivan Urdinola Grajales
* Gerda Salazar

### Enforcers

* Claudio Salazar
* Wilber Varela

### Associates

* Isabella Bautista
* Enedina Arellano Félix
* Amado Carrillo Fuentes
Sophia Cordova

**Sophia Cordova** (died 1994) was the wife of the Cali cartel's head of security Carlo Cordova.

After the unexpected arrest of Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela in 1994, Carlo decided to flee Colombia with his wife. However they were caught by David Rodriguez's men and were brought to one of David's mansions in Jamundí. Sophia was killed by Dario after David had Carlo and corrupt police officer Gustavo Calderón killed.Sophia' s body was horrible after the murder.
Paco

**Paco** was a Mexican drug trafficker.

After Guadalajara cartel drug lord Pablo Acosta paid for his daughter's eye surgery, he began working as a drug mule for Acosta. In 1984, he accidentally crashed one of Acosta's trucks transporting cocaine near the US-Mexican border. Acosta initially suspected him of stealing, but after hearing him narrate the incident, decided to retrieve the load along with Amado Carrillo Fuentes. Paco was spared after Acosta recovered the cocaine from the crash site.

He later developed a friendship with Acosta. In 1986, he supplied Acosta with weapons to aid in his feud against Fermín Arévalo. Amado failed to recognize Paco when Paco had a mock gun duel with Acosta.
Mexico

**Mexico** is a country in the southern part of North America and the location for most of the events in Narcos: Mexico. It is bordered by the United States of America to the north and by Guatemala to the south. Mexico is composed of 31 states and has a rich cultural and historical background. It is the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world.

Mexico is the birthplace of the Guadalajara cartel and most of its members. The DEA has offices in Mexico, and one of its major goals is to stop drug trafficking in the country.

## Notable Places

### **Mexico City:**

Mexico City is Mexico's capital and most populous city. It is used as a metonym for the Mexican federal government and its politicians. Both the DEA and the Guadalajara cartel seek favor from Mexico City's powerful figures to help achieve their goals.

### **Guadalajara:**

Guadalajara is the capital of Jalisco state and a major cultural hub (mariachi music was invented there).

Prior to the series, the Naranjo brothers controlled the city's drug trade. Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo later turns the city into the center of his cartel, running his operations from the Hotel Americas. Rancho Búfalo, on the city's outskirts, was Rafa's 540-hectare marijuana farm, and the crown jewel of Gallardo's empire. The cartel controls most of the city's police force, including DFS agents.

Kiki Camarena worked at the Guadalajara DEA office.

### **Tijuana:**

Tijuana is the Baja Peninsula's largest city, sitting near the U.S. - Mexico border. Its location makes it important with tourists crossing the border, and it has close connections with the U.S.

Alberto Sicilia Falcon controlled the Tijuana corridor's cocaine trafficking while allowing the Arellano Felix brothers to ship marijuana up north. Félix Gallardo considered control of this route crucial when forming his cartel. Sicilia Falcon initially allies with Gallardo, but is betrayed after the cartel starts shipping Colombian cocaine through Mexico itself, not Tijuana. After the DFS kills Sicilia Falcon, Gallardo takes direct control of the city's trafficking.
Ruth Serrano Corona

**Cineva sa traduca si in RO !**

**Ruth Serrano Cor** was the wife of Mexican drug lord Benjamín Arellano Félix.

By January 1986, she had a daughter who was named after her. The baby girl suffered from unspecified medical problems, and Benjamín decided to send Ruth and their daughter to San Diego to consult a specialist.

## Behind-the-scenes

Ruth's daughter suffered from lymphatic malformation, which led her to have disfigured chins and a badly developed tongue. Officials identified her using this malformation, and followed her to track and arrest her father in 2002.
Juliana Carrillo

**Juliana Carrillo** was the wife of Colonel Horacio Carrillo.

Despite being ostracized by her neighours and living in constant fear due to the nature of her husband's job, she continued to support her husband during his hunt for Pablo Escobar. In 1992, she was widowed after Escobar successfully managed to assassinate her husband.
Patricia Pallomari

**Patricia Pallomari** was Guillermo Pallomari's wife. Despite having an extramarital affair, she accepted to move to the United States as a part of her husband's witness protection program with the DEA.

Patricia ran her own company, and had an extramarital affair with Fredy Moya, one of her employees.
Steve Murphy

* Narcos
* Real Life

**Steve Murphy** is a Drug Enforcement Administration agent who took part of chasing Pablo Escobar. He worked alongside Javier Peña. He also narrated the first two seasons.

## Biography

### Early life

Murphy was born in Tennessee in 1955 (1957 in real life) to Marvin and Betty Murphy. He grew up in Princeton, West Virginia, and graduated from Bluefield State College in 1976 with a degree in Criminal Justice. Following a short two year career in local law enforcement, Murphy enrolled in the Drug Enforcement Administration's training program in 1979.

### Drug Enforcement Administration

His first assignment was in Miami, where he worked with Kevin Brady, mostly going after small-time pushers, aging hippies, and young casual marijuana users. One night, while celebrating at a club, Brady and some other colleagues pulled a prank on Murphy, telling him that a blonde woman at the bar was checking him out. Knowing that they were pulling his leg, but wanting to get the upper hand, Murphy asked the woman if she would at least give him a fake number. To his surprise, it was real, and that woman, Connie Murphy, would become his wife.

Following the death of Brady at the hands of La Quica during a failed sting against German Zapata, Murphy accepted a transfer to Bogotá (Descenso).

At one point Pablo Escobar orphaned a baby by sending her father to his death, Escobar ordered his sicarios that there would be no loose ends by killing the remainder of the family. The sicarios managed to kill the baby's mother and maternal grandmother but hesitated and were then caught in a gunfight with Steve. Steve and Connie later began proceedings to adopt the unnamed baby girl, whom they christened Olivia.

## Trivia:

In the series we are told that Steve Murphy arrived at the very beginning of Escobar hunt in the summer of 1979 but in fact he arrived in June 1991, two years before the death of Pablo Escobar.
Rafael Aguilar Guajardo

**Rafael Aguilar Guajardo** (died 1992) was a Mexican drug lord, former police commander and one of the founders of the Juárez cartel.

A commander of the Chihuahua State Police, he had several police officers take part in Pablo Acosta's drug smuggling ring. By 1986, he acted as Acosta's second-in-command along with Amado Carrillo Fuentes and was a part of the Guadalajara cartel.

In 1989, he and Carrillo Fuentes founded the Juárez cartel. However the partnership didn't last long as Carrillo Fuentes was fed up with Aguilar's miserly methods of running the cartel. After Aguilar refused to allow Carlos Hank González to expand his business interests into Ciudad Juárez, Amado killed Aguilar and struck a deal with Hank.
Fredy Moya

**Fredy Moya** was a Colombian who worked under and a had an affair with Patricia Pallomari.

In 1995, Javier Peña told him that Patricia's husband Guillermo was on the Cali cartel hitlist, and asked for Patricia's whereabouts. Despite telling Javier that he had no idea about Patricia's location, Moya went to David Rodriguez and tried to strike a deal in which he would give away the location of Guillermo in exchange for continuing his affair with Patricia. However David began striking Fredy's hand with a hammer, forcing him to give away Guillermo's location in exchange for nothing.
Arturo Beltrán Leyva

**Arturo Beltrán Leyva** (February 5, 1958-December 16, 2009) was a Mexican drug trafficker and a faction (Beltran-Leyva Cartel) leader under the Sinaloa cartel. Until 2008 when they split from the Sinaloa Cartel and the war erupted inside the Sinaloa Cartel. He has three brothers Alfredo (El Mochomo) Beltran Leyva, Hector, and

Carlos Beltran Leyva. He learned the drug business in late 80s such as cocaine working alongside Amado Carrillo Fuentes (Lord of the Skies) leader of the Juarez Cartel. Where he earned the name (El Ayudante).
Season 3 (Narcos)

The **third and final season** of *Narcos* premiered on September 1, 2017.

## Synopsis

The rules have changed in the aftermath of the bloody hunt for Escobar as the DEA turns its attention to his successors: the Cali Cartel.

## Plot

Season 3 was released on September 1, 2017. The story continues after Pablo Escobar's death and shows the DEA's fight against the Cali cartel. With Escobar out of the way, business for the cartel is booming, with new markets in the United States and elsewhere. To everyone's surprise, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, the leader of the Cali cartel, announces that within 6 months, the cartel will leave the cocaine business entirely to focus on legal business interests. The decision is met with mixed reactions within the cartel.

## Episodes

1. "The Kingpin Strategy"
2. "The Cali KGB"
3. "Follow the Money"
4. "Checkmate"
5. "MRO"
6. "Best Laid Plans"
7. "Sin Salida"
8. "Convivir"
9. "Todos Los Hombres del Presidente"
10. "Going Back to Cali"
Roger Knapp

**Roger Knapp** was an American DEA agent, who was stationed in Guadalajara, Mexico under James Kuykendall.

In the early 80s, his house and car were shot up by Mexican DFS agents as a warning to stay away from investigating the Guadalajara cartel. He was shortly rotated back home, but was called back after fellow agent Enrique Camarena Salazar's abduction by the cartel. He was one of the several agents who tried to unsuccessfully arrest cartel leader Rafael Caro Quintero before the latter could flee Mexico.
Romo

**Romo** (died 1994) was a Mexican drug trafficker and a member of the Sinaloa cartel.

Romo started out as independent drug trafficker working alongside the Tijuana cartel. The Sinaloa cartel under Ismael 'Mayo' Zambada took over his business, and Romo was given a choice between working for Mayo or being burnt alive. Romo choose the former, and soon became Mayo's right-hand man. He would be sent to meet with smaller independent drug traffickers and convince them to work with the Sinaloa cartel. In 1994, he was murdered by Tijuana cartel hitmen and his body was hung from an overpass with a note warning Mayo to stay away from Tijuana.
Monaco Building Bombing

In 1990, the Cali cartel bombed the Monaco building in Medellin in an attempt to assassinate Medellín cartel leader Pablo Escobar.

Escobar and his family hid at a luxury apartment in the Monaco building while his lawyer Fernando Duque negotiated the surrender agreement with the Colombian government. Escobar's rivals, the Cali cartel felt that Escobar would be untouchable after he enters his private prison, and decided to assassinate him before the treaty is finalized.

Cali cartel co-leader Hélmer Herrera manipulated Escobar's former mistress Valeria Velez into blurting out Escobar's location to him. Herrera later had a car bomb made with 800 pounds of dynamite go off in the car parking under the building. However, the bomb failed to kill Escobar or any members of his family, but made his daughter Manuela permanently deaf in one ear.

After Velez realized that she inadvertedly gave away Escobar's location, she visited Pablo and informed him that his associates Jorge Luis and Fabio Ochoa Vásquez were seen in Cali.
Noonan

**Noonan** was the American ambassador to Colombia in the 1980s under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. She was in-charge of the CIA's campaign against communist guerrillas and the DEA's war against the Medellín cartel, and frequently held talks with high ranking Colombian government and military officials to help the American foreign policy in Colombia.

She was succeeded in 1992 by Arthur Crosby.
Stella Mancuso

**Stella Mancusco** was an American lawyer working for the DEA. In 1986, she tried to prosecute Rubén Zuno Arce in front of a grand jury, expecting him to reveal the connections between the Guadalajara cartel and the Mexican defense minister. However Zuno committed perjury by denying any connections between him and cartel leader Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, after the latter received the support of the CIA.
Season 2 (Narcos)

The **second season** of *Narcos* was released on September 2, 2016.

## Synopsis

The Escobars cope with the challenges of life on the run. Pablo's enemies team up against him. The Search Bloc's tactics become increasingly dubious.

## Plot

Season 2 continues where season 1 ended. Soldiers see Escobar and his entourage right outside the perimeter of "La Catedral" prison but are too petrified of Escobar to make an arrest. At the embassy, the United States sends a new ambassador who brings the CIA into play. In the beginning, little change occurs for Escobar, as he still has the loyalty of his cartel. This loyalty, however, starts to slip as Escobar needs more time and resources to hide from the government. Among the tricks he uses to avoid being seen are riding around town in the trunk of a taxi cab and using young lookouts to report police movements to him.

Initially, Escobar easily adapts to his new life, giving money to the community while ruthlessly killing those who try to break away from his empire. The Colombian police and Escobar engage in massive battles, resulting in high tension and unrest in Colombia. Escobar's rivals in the Cali cartel form an unlikely alliance with ousted members of his own cartel, as well as with a CIA-backed anticommunist paramilitary group. Agent Peña secretly works with this group, who kill members of Pablo's organization and claim responsibility as "Los Pepes".

After two of Escobar's top cartel members are caught and betray him, Escobar goes on the run. He and his bodyguard hide in a safehouse, where he celebrates his 44th birthday. When Pablo tries to make contact with his family, the DEA and military track him down via radio triangulation and corner him on the rooftops. Pablo is hit twice in the ensuing shootout, and although he might have survived his injuries, a Colombian policeman named Trujillo executes him, amidst shouts of "¡Viva Colombia!"

Escobar's wife Tata goes to the Cali Cartel for their help in leaving the country. Peña returns to the United States, in expectation of being reprimanded by the disciplinary committee for his associations with Los Pepes, but is surprised when asked to provide intelligence against the Cali Cartel, implying his future involvement with the DEA.

## Cast

* Wagner Moura as Pablo Escobar
* Boyd Holbrook as Steve Murphy
* Pedro Pascal as Javier Peña
* Joanna Christie as Connie Murphy
* Diego Cataño as Juan Diego Díaz
* Paulina Gaitán as Tata Escobar
* Paulina García as Hermilda Gaviria
* Bruno Bichir as Fernando Duque
* Raúl Méndez as César Gaviria
* Manolo Cardona as Eduardo Sandoval
* Cristina Umaña as Judy Moncada
* Alberto Ammann as Hélmer Herrera
* Damián Alcázar as Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela
* Juan Pablo Shuk as Colonel Hugo Martínez
Partido Revolucionario Institucional

The **Partido Revolucionario Institucional** (English: **Institutional Revolutionary Party**), commonly known by its abbreviation **PRI** is a political party in Mexico which was responsible for running the 'perfect dictatorship' by being in power uninterrupted from 1929 till 2000.

Several party members were in business with drug traffickers, using state apparatus such as the DFS and the Mexican Army to protect drug lords such as Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, Juan Nepomuceno Guerra and Alberto Sicilia Falcon. The Guadalajara cartel helped the party to rig the 1988 elections to its favour.

## Notable members

* Carlos Salinas
* Carlos Hank González
* Cecilia Rosario
* Andrés
* Raul Salinas
* Luis Donaldo Colosio
* César Conesa
* Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas (formerly)
* Leopoldo Sánchez Celis
* Rubén Zuno Arce
* Francisco Ovando Hernández (formerly)
Nelson Hernández Lucumí

*Not to be confused with Blackbeard.*
**Nelson Hernández Lucumí**, better known as **Blackie** or **Flipper** was a *sicario* working for the Medellín cartel since its foundation.

Blackie was along Pablo Escobar since the beginning of his empire. He killed the Guerrilla members that helped Escobar by attacking the Colombian judges and burning all evidences against Pablo.

In the early 1980s, he kidnapped Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo and Isabella Bautista in Cali and took them to Pablo Escobar's estate in Medellín.

Blackie was with his boss in La Catedral, and he personally killed Kiko Moncada, by Pablo's orders. He escaped the assault on the drug lord's personal prison.

He was always by Pablo's side and one of his most trusted sicarios. However, he does have his weaknesses. One is that he was ordered by Pablo to detonate a car bomb in a commercial area which had heavy business with children at the time, as many kids were with their parents shopping for back to school clothes and academic supplies. Blackie carried out the attack, although he later felt heavy remorse about doing so. The attack also turned public opinion heavily against the Medellín cartel. Another vulnerability was that he had impregnated his girlfriend, and was disturbed by the possibility of ending up a posthumous father.

In 1993, he was arrested by the police outside the hotel housing Escobar's family in Bogotá for orchestrating the car bombing a few weeks ago. In order to save himself from being hanged, he gave away the location of La Quica.

In real life, Blackie was a good friend of Pablo and he was killed in 1988 by the police in a raid.
Víctor Tapia

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## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Luis Gerardo Méndez

**Víctor Tapia** (died 1997) was a former police officer in Ciudad Juárez, and later a bouncer for the Juárez Cartel.

He reluctantly began co-operating with James Kuykendall in exchange for help to identify an alleged serial killer who was responsible for the deaths of several women in and around Juárez. Despite losing his job due to the 1994 economic crisis, Tapia was determined to find the killer and joined the Juárez Cartel as a bouncer in order to supply information about Vicente Carrillo Fuentes to the DEA. The DEA however, failed to provide any useful information to Tapia.

After risking his life, he finally managed to find and kill the serial killer. A few days later, he was extremely dejected when more bodies of young women were discovered and he realized that the killings were actually a femicide perpetrated by several people.

Eventually, the cartel discovered that Tapia was talking to the DEA and he was killed by his police partner Rogelio.

## Gallery

Victor in his police uniform.Victor being confronted by Rogelio.
Rancho Búfalo

The **Rancho Búfalo** was a 540 hectare marijuana plantation located in Chihuahua, owned and operated by Rafael Caro Quintero on behalf of the neta Guadalajara Cartel. The plantation was the prime income source of the cartel till the cartel began trafficking cocaine. Due to this, the cartel was heavily protected by the Dirección Federal de Seguridad.

American DEA agent Enrique Camarena Salazar covertly worked in the farm in the early 1980s and spent the next few years trying to prove its existence to the American and Mexican authorities. In 1984, he obtains aerial photographs with the help of a Mexican pilot, Alfredo Zavala Avelar. With Camarena's intelligence, the Mexican military with assistance from the DEA raid the weed farm in November 1984. Caro Quintero, along with Joaquín Guzmán Loera and Cuco attempt to fight the military but are forced to retreat. The farm is then set ablaze by the military, causing harmful effects in the nearby civilian population. Dubbed as the "bust of the century", the loss of the weed farm caused a damage of aro Quintero in February 1985. The victims die during interrogation, and their deaths are quickly blamed on Caro Quintero, causing the drug lord to flee Mexico.

## Gallery

Caro Quintero overlooking the farm.DEA & American officials at the weed farm after its takeover by the Mexican Army.
Narcos

***Narcos*** is an American television drama series created by Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro and directed by Brazilian filmmaker José Padilha. The show is a Netflix original series based on the story of Pablo Escobar, as well as the rise of other drug cartels. The first season premiered on August 28, 2015.

*Narcos* had a run of three seasons, each comprising 10 episodes. Netflix had originally renewed the series for its third and fourth seasons; however, the fourth eventually became the first season of a new companion series, *Narcos: Mexico*.

## Development

The series was announced in April 2014 as part of a partnership between Netflix and Gaumont International Television. The series were written by Chris Brancato and directed by Jose Padilha (Elite Squad). The series were shot on location in Colombia in the second half of 2014, and consisted of ten episodes aired in 2015. Global Village Music co,(ascap) and Joseph Nicoletti Consultant to help with Music Rights.

## Plot

Narcos is based on the true-life story of the growth and spread of cocaine drug cartels across the globe and attendant efforts of law enforcement to meet them head on in brutal, bloody conflict. It centers around the notorious Colombian cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar and 2 American DEA agents: Steve Murphy and Javier Peña, who are sent to Colombia on a U.S. mission to capture and ultimately kill Pablo.

## Episodes

### Season 1

1. Descenso
2. The Sword of Simon Bolivar
3. The Men of Always
4. The Palace in Flames
5. There Will Be a Future
6. Explosivos
7. You Will Cry Tears of Blood
8. La Gran Mentira
9. La Catedral
10. Despegue

### Season 2

1. Free at Last
2. Cambalache
3. Our Man in Madrid
4. The Good, the Bad, and the Dead
5. The Enemies of My Enemy
6. Los Pepes
7. Deutschland 93
8. Exit El Patron
9. Nuestra Finca
10. Al Fin Cayo!

### Season 3

1. The Kingpin Strategy
2. The Cali KGB
3. Follow the Money
4. Checkmate
5. MRO
6. Best Laid Plans
7. Sin Salida
8. Convivir
9. Todos Los Hombres del Presidente
10. Going Back to Cali

## Cast

* Wagner Moura - Pablo Escobar
* Maurice Compte - Horacio Carrillo
* Boyd Holbrook - Steve Murphy
* Joanna Christie - Connie Murphy
* Pedro Pascal - Javier Peña
* Stephanie Sigman - Valeria Velez
* Roberto Urbina - Fabio Ochoa
* Ana de la Reguera - Elisa Álvarez
* Danielle Kennedy - Ambassador Noonan
* Diego Cataño - La Quica
* Jorge A. Jimenez - Poison
* Paulina Gaitan - Tata Escobar
* Juan Pablo Raba - Gustavo Gaviria
* Raúl Méndez - César Gaviria
* André Mattos - Jorge Luis Ochoa
* Luis Guzmán - José Rodríguez Gacha
* Bruno Bichir - Fernando Duque
* Thaddeus Phillips - CIA Agent Owen
Tony

**Tony** (died 1985) was an American Vietnam War veteran who worked as the personal bodyguard for a number of Mexican drug lords, including Alberto Sicilia Falcon and Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo.

He was killed by Guillermo Calderoni in 1985 when the latter led the police force into one of Félix Gallardo's safehouses.
Scoot McNairy

**John "Scoot" McNairy** is an American actor who acts as Walt Breslin in *Narcos: Mexico*. His character served as the narrator for the first two seasons. Besides *Narcos:Mexico*, McNairy has acted in *Gone Girl*, *12 Years a Slave*, *Once Upon a Time in Hollywood* and *Godless*.

## Appearances

### Narcos: Mexico

* Season 1
* Season 2
The Kingpin Strategy

**"The Kingpin Strategy"** is the first episode of Season 3 of *Narcos* and the twenty-first episode overall.

## Summary

The Gentlemen of Cali gather their associates together for a big surprise announcement about the future of their business.

## Cast

### Starring

* Pedro Pascal as Javier Peña
* Damián Alcázar as Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela
* Alberto Ammann as Pacho Herrera
* Francisco Denis as Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela
* Pêpê Rapazote as Chepe Santacruz Londono
* Matias Varela as Jorge Salcedo
* Javier Cámara as Guillermo Pallomari
* Arturo Castro as David Rodriguez Orejuela
* Eric Lange as Bill Stechner
* Andrea Londo as Maria Salazar
* Kerry Bishé as Christina Jurado

### Guest starring

* Edward James Olmos as Peña's Father
* Shea Whigham as TBA
* Brett Cullen as Arthur Crosby
* Miguel Ángel Silvestre as Franklin Jurado
* Nicholas Gonzalez as Lopez

### Co-starring

* Andrés Crespo as Carlo Cordova
* Juan Sebastian Calero as Navegante
* Arnold Cantillo as Flaco
* Julián Arango as Orlando Henao
* Carrell Lasso as Enrique
* Malcolm Ruíz as Andrés
* Carlos Camacho as Claudio Salazar
* Ricardo de la Vega as Yasiel
* Fernando Lara as Diaz
* David Ramírez as Santos
* Rodolfo Silva as Beltre
* Roberto Cano as Dario
* Maurho Jimenez as Manuel
* Raymond Ablack as Stoddard
* Bre Blair as Lorraine
* Carter Roy as Randy
* Taliana Vargas as Paola Salcedo
* Juana Álvarez as Vera Salcedo
* Lina Castrillón as Patricia Pallomari
* Marcela Gallego as Mariela Rodriguez
* Laura Londoño as Katie
* Jefferson Carabali as Lucho
* Girolly Gutiérrez as Wilber Varela
* Rodrigo Hernandez as Freckles
* Josefina Cruz as Andrés' Mom
* Efrén Valladares as Wedding Guest
* Carlos Clavijo as Party Bartender
* Juan Cardona as Cali Taxi Driver
Search Bloc

The **Search Bloc** was a special operations unit of the Colombian National Police with the objective of capturing or killing drug lords and dismantling their empires.

The Search Bloc was formed in 1989 by Colonel Horacio Carrillo who created a force of highly trained policemen impervious to corruption. The Search Bloc were successfull in killing Medellín cartel kingpins José Rodríguez Gacha and Gustavo Gaviria in 1989 and 1991 respectively, and arrested Jorge Luis and Fabio Ochoa Vásquez in 1990.

As part of Medellín cartel leader Pablo Escobar's surrender agreement, the Search Bloc was disbanded in 1991, and Carrillo was transferred to Spain. After Escobar's escape from prison following the La Catedral, President César Gaviria brought the Search Bloc back to life under Colonel Augusto Pinzon. After suffering heavy causalities during the war with Escobar, Colonel Carrillo replaced Pinzon as the head of Search Bloc. With assistance from the Americans, Carrillo nearly destroyed the Prisco gang, a gang of enforcers allied to Escobar, and shut down several of Escobar's labs. Escobar used Carrillo brutality to wage information warfare; spreading propaganda calling for the disbandment of the Search Bloc.

However, Escobar killed Carrillo after luring him with a trap. With no one willing to succeed Carrillo in the most dangerous position in Colombia, President Gaviria forced CNP Colonel Hugo Martinez to take up the job. Martinez' methodical approach yielded slow progress, forcing other drug traffickers to form the Los Pepes paramilitary organization, which had a more boots-on-the-ground approach and bypassed Colombian bureaucracy. Unwittingly to the Search Bloc, DEA agent Javier Peña began co-operating with the Los Pepes.

The Search Bloc nonetheless succeeded in killing Pablo Escobar on 2 December 1993. After Escobar's death, the Search Bloc turned its attention to the Cali cartel, which was the primary financier of the Los Pepes. Martinez arrested Cali cartel godfather Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela in 1994, but the Cali cartel, which had powerful connections in the government, spread falsified documents alleging that Martinez worked together with the Cali cartel, forcing the Colonel to resign. Martinez was succeeded by General Rosso José Serrano, who arrested the other three Cali cartel leaders Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, José Santacruz Londoño and Hélmer Herrera by 1995, dismantling the cartel forever.

Learning from the Search Bloc's successful dismantling of the two largest Colombian cartels of its time, the remaining cartels such as the Norte del Valle cartel completely went underground.

## Commanders

* Colonel Horacio Carrillo (1989–1991, 1992)
* Colonel Augusto Pinzon (1992)
* Colonel Hugo Martinez (1992–1994)
* Brigadier General Rosso José Serrano (1994–1995)
Lao Sin

**Lao Sin** (劉冼), also known as **Sin Lao**, is an unseen character in Book of Mario 64 who is connected to the Market Penguin crime organization, as well as Parakarius' postal job.

He is most famous for writing a paper for Market Penguin, though his job was unfinished, as the President was alive. According to Lewis, without him, Lewis would not be a real person. It is possible he may be the red Frog near the Construction Tunnels, though this is uncertain.

***"Also, I had a crazy theory about how Mario is in a coma..."***

**Parts of this article are based on speculation.**
They are not considered an official part of the *Book of Mario* lore. These story elements are theoretical.

One could take from his name that it is possible he is the Emperor of China, and/or a descendent of Liú Bei. Specifically he appears to be Emperor Xian of Han. This would mean he is the leader of the Asians, though if he is truly Liú Xiăn than he is only a political puppet of a Tyrant.

In history Liú Xiăn was only eight when he was put into office after Dong Zhou disposed of Emperor Shao, and only served as a puppet ruler. This led to an uprising of various regional warlords, both to free Xian and dispose of the tyranny of Dong Zhou (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign\_against\_Dong\_Zhuo) , this could fit with the uprising of the British.

This would also fit with the brutality of Punisher and his imprisonment of Old, which could be symbolic of Dong Zhou "imprisoning" Liú Xiăn.

## Trivia

* Lao is a Cantonese pronunciation of the Chinese Surname Liu (劉) meaning *kill* or *slaughter*, and was a surname of Chinese Emperors during the Han Dynasty.
* Sin is an alternate pronunciation of Sen or Xian (冼). It is an alternative form of Sai (洗), which means "to clean".
	+ Thus a more traditional pronunciation would be Liú Xiăn or Xiăn Liú.
Roberto Ramos

**Roberto Ramos,** commonly known as **Poison**, was a Colombian hitman and one of the *sicarios* of the Medellín cartel.

Poison was a blood thirsty murder who killed civilians and police officers with impunity. He often got into arguments with other sicarios about who killed the most. He was a long term associate of Pablo Escobar, working with him during his early smuggling days. He assisted Escobar in the bombing of Avianca Flight 203, that killed 107 people that occurred in 1989.

In 1991, DEA agents traced his satellite phone call and intercepted his plans to party at La Dispensaria with his fellow sicarios. Colonel Carrillo was given his location, and he was gunned down by Search Bloc operatives as he tried to escape through a window. After his death, Escobar raised the bounty on any DEA agent in Colombia to $500,000.
Operation Leyenda

**Operation Leyenda** (English: Operation Legend) was the codename of a classified special operation of the Drug Enforcement Administration, ordered by Acting Administrator John Lawn in response to the abduction and murder of DEA Special Agent Enrique Camarena Salazar by the Guadalajara Cartel in accordance with the DFS.

A specialized team of special agents led by Walt Breslin covertly infiltrated Mexico with the intent of arresting several Mexican drug lords and police officers, including Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Juan José Esparragoza Moreno and Sergio Espino Verdin.
Pablo Acosta Villarreal

* Narcos
* Real life

**Pablo Acosta Villarreal** was a Mexican smuggler who was a part of the Guadalajara cartel, and operated in Ojinaga.
Acosta was involved in a bitter feud with Sinaloan smuggler Pedro Avilés. This feud threatened the establishment of the cartel by Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, as Avilés refused to work together with Acosta. After Avilés is killed by Félix with help from the DFS, the cartel is created. By the mid 1980s, Acosta led the Juarez plaze, with future drug lords Rafael Aguilar Guajardo and Amado Carrillo Fuentes working under him.

After growing unsatisfied with Félix Gallardo's tyrannical control over the Guadalajara cartel, and upon the request of his love interest Mimi Webb Miller; Acosta began talking to the American media about the extent of the political support of the cartel. This angered Félix Gallardo, who at that time received protection from both the CIA and the Mexican government. As a result, he is killed in a joint FBI-Mexican Federal Police raid in 1988; despite efforts by DEA agent Walt Breslin to put him in a witness protection program in the United States.

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 "**El Dedazo**"*Absent*
There Will Be a Future

**"There Will Be a Future"** is the fifth episode of Season 1 of *Narcos* and the fifth episode overall.

## Summary

Pablo's extreme methods put the narcos on the brink of war with Carillo and the government. Peña tries to protect his witness.

## Cast

### Starring

* Wagner Moura as Pablo Escobar
* Boyd Holbrook as Steve Murphy
* Pedro Pascal as Javier Peña
* Joanna Christie as Connie Murphy
* Maurice Compte as Horacio Carrillo
* André Mattos as Jorge Luis Ochoa
* Roberto Urbina as Fabio Ochoa
* Diego Cataño as La Quica
* Jorge A. Jimenez as Poison
* Paulina Gaitán as Tata Escobar
* Paulina García as Hermilda Gaviria
* Bruno Bichir as Fernando Duque

### Guest starring

* Luis Guzmán as José Rodríguez Gacha
* Juan Pablo Raba as Gustavo Gaviria
* Juan Riedinger as Carlos Lehder
* Adan Canto as Minister Lara
* Ana de la Reguera as Elisa Álvarez
* Danielle Kennedy as Ambassador Noonan
* Patrick St. Esprit as Major Wysession

* Dylan Bruno as Barry Seal

### Co-starring

* Laura Perico as Marina Ochoa
* Thaddeus Phillips as CIA Agent Owen
* Juan Pablo Espinosa as Luis Carlos Galán
* German De Greiff as Jaime
* Juan Sebastian Calero as Navegante
* Juan Murcia as Juan Pablo Escobar
* Jorge Monterrosa as Trujillo
* Salvador del Solar as Father Sobrino
* Vera Mercado as Ana Gaviria
* Ricardo Gomez as General Gonzalez
* Andres Felipe as General Jaramillo
* Maruia Shelton as Juliana Carrillo
* Jesse Moore as Ambassador's Secretary
* Sebastian Gutierrez as Julian Michel Galán
* Maria Luisa Diuza as Gaviria's Secretary
Santiago Gallon

**Santiago Gallon Henao** was a Colombian drug trafficker and a leader of the Gallon gang.

In 1993, Judy Moncada and Don Berna met with Santiago and his brother Pedro and convinced them to cut ties with Pablo Escobar's Medellín cartel and join Los Pepes instead.

In 1994, after footballer Andres Escobar's self-goal resulted in Colombia's elimination from the World Cup, Santiago had Andres killed.
Sammy Alvarez

**Samuel 'Sammy' Alvarez** was a former Mexican Jalisco State Police officer and later the right-hand man of drug lord Ernesto 'Don Neto' Fonseca Carrillo.

Alvarez was forced by Don Neto into working for him as punishment, and he decided to stick with his new boss. Alvarez handed out bribes, buying the entire police force of Tijuana to use in the war against Alberto Sicilia Falcon. Alvarez played a minor, but significant part in the abduction of DEA Special Agent Enrique Camarena Salazar. He provided the distraction required to allow DFS operatives to sneak up and abduct Camarena. Later, Alvarez accompanied Don Neto and several associates to a resort town for the drug lord to enjoy a last sensation of hedonism before his eventual arrest for the involvement in Camarena's murder.

Alvarez was the first one to notice police officers sneaking into Don Neto's safehouse. He tries to warn others, but is eventually subdued and arrested. Don Neto is captured, and they both are made to sit the same police car. Alvarez asks his boss about the person responsible for the raid, and Neto thinks he was betrayed by Miguel.
Wagner Moura

**Wagner Maniçoba de Moura** is a Brazilian actor and filmmaker, who portrayed Pablo Escobar in *Narcos* and *Narcos: Mexico*, and received a Golden Globe nomination for the former.

Moura is expected to direct two episodes for the third season of *Narcos: Mexico*.

## Appearances

### Narcos

* Season 1 (10 episodes)
* Season 2 (10 episodes)

## References

1. ↑ [1]
2. ↑ [2]
Tijuana Cartel

### Businesses

Cocaine smuggling and distribution, production and distribution of heroin, marijuana smuggling, consumer electronics and contraband smuggling

### Allies

Logan Heights gang
Cali cartel (defunct)
Norte del Valle cartel (defunct)
Juárez cartel (formerly)
 Gulf cartel (formerly)

### Rivals

Sinaloa cartel
Juárez cartel
Gulf cartel

### Preceded

Guadalajara cartel
Sicilia Falcon Organization

The **Tijuana Cartel**, also known as the **Arellano - Félix Organization** is a Mexican drug cartel operating out of Tijuana, Baja California. It was formed in 1989, after the Arellano-Félix brothers, who controlled the Tijuana plaza after overthrowing their former mentor Alberto Sicilia Falcon, withdrew from the Guadalajara Cartel.

## Organization

### Members

* Benjamín Arellano Félix
* Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix
* Ramón Arellano Félix
* Enedina Arellano Félix
* Eduardo Arellano Félix
* Francisco Javier Arellano Félix
* Alicia Maria Arellano Félix
* Isabel Arellano Félix
* Nestor

### Narcojuniors

* Arturo Páez
* Alfredo Hodoyan
* Romeo Soto
* Alex Hodoyan

### Associates

* David Barron Corona (formerly)
* Carlos Hank González (formerly)
* Ismael Zambada García (formerly)
* Isabella Bautista (formerly)
Santa Elena raid

The **Santa Elena raid** was a joint FBI-MFJP raid on the town of Santa Elena, Chihuahua which successfully led to the death of Guadalajara cartel drug trafficker Pablo Acosta in 1988. The raid was managed by Guillermo Calderoni.

After Acosta gave an interview to an American newspaper about the relations between the Guadalajara cartel, the CIA and the Mexican government, powerful figures from both the American and Mexican governments marked Acosta for death. The DEA sought to bring Acosta under witness protection in order to bring down the Guadalajara cartel; the raid squashed their chances of doing so.

The raid resulted in the deaths of several civilians.
Truth and Reconciliation

**Truth and Reconciliation** is the seventh episode of Season 2 of *Narcos: Mexico*. It aired on February 13, 2020.

## Synopsis

Félix proposes a new plan to help the PRI win the election and defeat Cárdenas. Promised intel on Félix, Walt takes an unexpected meeting in Ojinaga.

## Plot

The head of the Sinaloa plaza, Palma, calls the head of the Juárez plaza, Acosta, and proposes they join together against Félix, but is recorded by Aguilar, the corrupt DFS commander that had been working with Acosta and Amado in Juárez. Félix then orders Azul to execute Palma. Palma escapes after his wife is tipped off by her lover Clavel, Félix's chauffeur.

Meanwhile, Acosta meets with Breslin about a deal that would get him out of the trafficking business in return for Félix Gallardo. Félix initiates a plan to gain influence with the new PRI presidential candidate in the 1988 election utilizing the new polling computers to sway public perception on election day.

## Cast

* Diego Luna as Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
* Joaquín Cosío as Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo
* José María Yazpik as Amado Carrillo Fuentes
* Ernesto Alterio as Salvador Osuna Nava
* Tessa Ia as Sofia Conesa
* Alejandro Edda as Joaquín Guzmán Loera
* Alfonso Dosal as Benjamín Arellano Félix
* Fermin Martinez as Juan José Esparragoza Moreno
* Fernanda Urrejola as Maria Elvira
* Gerardo Taracena as Pablo Acosta
* Gorka Lasaosa as Héctor Palma Salazar
* Viviana Serna as Guadalupe Leija Serrano ("Lupita")
* Guillermo Villegas as Sammy Alvarez
* Tenoch Huerta as Rafael Caro Quintero
* Horacio Garcia Rojas as Tomas Morlet
* Jackie Earle Haley as Jim Ferguson
* Manuel Masalva as Ramón Arellano Félix
* Teresa Ruiz as Isabella Bautista
* Yul Vazquez as John Gavin
* Julio Cesar Cedillo as Commander Guillermo Calderoni
* Scoot McNairy as Walt Breslin
* Wagner Moura as Pablo Escobar
* Alberto Ammann as Hélmer Herrera
* Francisco Denis as Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela (reprising his role from Narcos)
* Pêpê Rapazote as José Santacruz Londoño
* Jorge A. Jimenez as Roberto Ramos
* Julián Díaz as Blackie
* Eric Lange as Bill Stechner
* Brian Buckley as John Clay Walker
* Mike Doyle as Thomas Buehl
* Sosie Bacon as Mimi Webb Miller
Season 3 (Narcos: Mexico)

The **third and final season** of *Narcos: Mexico* was officially confirmed by Netflix on October 28, 2020.

## Synopsis

Following the dismantlement of Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo's plaza system, the third season will focus on the Sinaloa, Tijuana, and Juárez cartels, now independent and headed into a war for power. The new episodes take place in the '90s, when the globalization of the drug business ignites.

## Plot

As a new generation of cartel leaders vie for power, journalists hunt for truth while government agents walk a thin line between justice and corruption.

## Episodes

1. 12 Steps
2. Como La Flor
3. Los Juniors
4. GDL
5. Boots on the Ground
6. La Jefa
7. La Voz
8. Last Dance
9. The Reckoning
10. Life in Wartime

## Cast

* Scoot McNairy as Walt Breslin
* José María Yazpik as Amado Carrillo Fuentes
* Alberto Ammann as Hélmer Herrera
* Alfonso Dosal as Benjamín Arellano Félix
* Mayra Hermosillo as Enedina Arellano Félix
* Matt Letscher as James Kuykendall
* Manuel Masalva as Ramón Arellano Félix
* Alejandro Edda as Joaquín Guzmán Loera
* Gorka Lasaosa as Héctor Palma Salazar
* Luis Gerardo Méndez as Víctor Tapia
* Alberto Guerra as Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada
* Beau Mirchoff as Steve Sheridan
* Luisa Rubino as Andrea Nuñez
* Alejandro Furth as Ramon Salgado
* Lorenzo Ferro as Alex Hodoyan
* José Zúñiga as General Rebollo
* Diego Calva as Arturo Beltrán Leyva
* Kristen Lee Gutoskie as Dani
* Yessica Borroto as Marta Linares
* Damayanti Quintanar as Hortencia
* Manuel Uriza as Carlos Hank González
* Markin López as Rogelio
* Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio as Arturo 'Kitty' Páez

## Production

With the renewal announcement, it was confirmed that former showrunner Eric Newman would be stepping aside to work on other projects at Netflix, with Carlo Bernard (co-creator, and executive producer of the franchise since the original *Narcos* series) assuming the role. It was also confirmed that Diego Luna would not be returning as Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo.

Wagner Moura, who portrayed Pablo Escobar in the first two seasons of *Narcos* and had a cameo in *Narcos: Mexico*, is set to direct two episodes of the season.

## Promotional material

### Videos

Narcos- Mexico - Season 3 Announcement - NetflixNarcos- Mexico - Season 3 Date Announcement - NetflixNarcos- Mexico - Season 3 Trailer - Netflix
### Images

Walt BreslinAmado Carrillo FuentesEl Azul and El GüeroEl ChapoEl MayoFrancisco, Ramón, Javier and Benjamín Arellano FélixBenjamín Arellano FélixEl Kitty, Benjamín, David Barron and RamónEnedina Arellano FélixAndrea NuñezVictor Tapia
## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 'Narcos: Mexico' Renewed for Season 3 at Netflix With New Showrunner (Exclusive) - The Hollywood Reporter
2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 [1]
Mimi Webb Miller

**Mimi Webb Miller** was an American rancher, and the love interest of Mexican drug trafficker Pablo Acosta.

By 1988, she was pregnant with Acosta's child. She didn't inform her lover about the pregnancy, but sought to have him retire from the drug smuggling business. She had Acosta open up to the American press about the extent of drug corruption in Mexico. His interview put him on the crosshairs of the Mexican government and the Guadalajara cartel; and he was killed in a joint FBI-Mexican Federal Police raid in 1988; despite efforts by the DEA to put him in a witness protection program in the United States.