From Colombia to Mexico: "Narcos" sits in a new house

Diego Luna gives life to capo Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, founder of the powerful cartel of Guadalajara which had its peak in 1980 and was then pulled from the cartel Sinaloa / netflix

The fourth season of the series "Narcos" explores the origins of the war on drugs in Mexico, a chapter that, in the opinion of the creator of the program, the American Eric Newman, is "unthinkable" without telling the history of the Guadalajara cartel.

"You can not tell the story of" El Chapo "Guzmán without presenting Félix Gallardo, Caro Quintero or Ernesto Fonseca, the capos who modernized the drug trade in the 1980s, with the complicity of the Mexican government" said Newman the press in Mexico City.

After three successful seasons describing the birth and development of drug trafficking in Colombia with Pablo Escobar at the helm, the popular Netflix series now lands in Mexico, where Felix Gallardo takes command and unites the traffickers to build an empire.

In "Narcos: Mexico", which arrives on the platform on November 16, the Mexican actor Diego Luna gives life to Capo Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, founder of the powerful cartel of Guadalajara who had its hour of glory in 1980 and then led to the cartel. Sinaloa.

Luna shares the lead role with Mexican American Michael Peña, who sings in the program Enrique & Kiki & # 39; Camarena, the first DEA officer killed in action.

After the arrest of Felix Gallardo in 1989, Rafael Caro Quintero and Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo took over the management of the Guadalajara cartel, which began large-scale drug trafficking in the United States.

"It is important to understand where this traffic (drug trafficking) originated, what its origins are, how a group of small producers and traffickers end up taking power and their connection with the Mexican and American governments," said Mexican actor Tenoch Huerta.

Huerta plays Caro Quintero, imprisoned in 1985 and released in 2013. We do not know where he is.

"The complexity of relations between Mexico and the United States lies in the fact that both countries continue to sponsor this war.And while history (" Narcos ") contains elements of fiction, we have the obligation to tell the truth as completely as possible, "said Newman.

Since the beginning of the so-called war on drug trafficking led by former President Felipe Calderón in 2006, more than 200,000 people have been killed, according to official figures that do not specify the number of victims linked to the fight against drugs. criminality.

A role questioned

In "Narcos: Mexico City", Diego Luna plays capo Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, founder of the previous cartel of Guadalajara, role that earned him critics of a political sector of his country that accuses him of "doing excuses for drug trafficking ".

But the Mexican actor responds by saying that the fourth season of the broadcast broadcast by Netflix constitutes "a good opportunity to arouse the interest of those who are not yet susceptible to a serious problem".

In the hands of drug traffickers and a controversial anti-drug operation, a wave of violence has been unleashed in Mexico, making more than 200,000 violent deaths in 12 years, according to official figures not specifying the number of cases related to organized crime.

"From my point of view, it's important to tell this story during the decade (1980) during which scaffolding was made of what we live in this hell," Luna said during the presentation of the series.

After the disappearance of the Guadalajara cartel in the 1990s, the powerful Sinaloa cartel, headed by Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, was currently imprisoned in the United States and was awaiting prosecution in November.

His protagonist in the new installation of "Narcos", his debut in a series, was announced in March, when Luna protested against the Homeland Security Law, which governs the participation of the Mexican armed forces in public security tasks.

Among those who accused the social media star of the Star Wars saga "Rogue One" to have contradicted his speech by playing the main role in a program that "advocates crime," said the conservative senator Javier Lozano.

"I respect everyone's opinions, with the exception of those who ask not to tell these stories and talk about 'beautiful things,'" said Luna.

"I am very interested in the audience who sees the series in Germany, England and other countries outside of Latin America, the next time a cocaine line is going to be introduced, think about it. a little to what is behind, "said the producer.