The seventh season of the American television series ''

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'' was confirmed by

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in May 2018. It premiered on 14 October 2019, and ended on 31 January 2020. The season stars Matías Novoa,

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...

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, and Isabella Castillo as Casillas' dynasty. Along to

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, and Ninel Conde. And the inclusion of

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in the cast as main, and the promotion of

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as part of the main cast. Unlike the previous season,

Lisa Owen Lisa Dian Owen Wyckoff (born 8 July 1965), known professionally as Lisa Owen, is a Mexican actress and writer. She is best known for her role as "Doña Alba" in the hit Telemundo telenovela ''El Señor de los Cielos ''El Señor de los Cielos ...

, Alberto Guerra, Alejandro López, Fernando Noriega and Roberto Escobar were removed from the main cast and

Rafael Amaya José Rafael Amaya Núñez (born 28 February 1977) is a Mexican actor, born in Hermosillo, Mexico. He is best known for his character Aurelio Casillas in the Telemundo series ''El Señor de los Cielos''. Biography Amaya was born in Hermosill ...

only appears as a special guest stars.

Plot

In season seven, to avoid falling into the hands of the

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, Amado Leal "El Águila Azul", now Amado Casillas ( Matías Novoa), has turned himself in to Bernardo Castillo (José Sedek), Secretary of Security of Mexico. The DEA commissioner, Joe Navarro (

), has made every attempt to achieve his extradition. What he does not know is that Baltazar Ojeda (

), a CIA Agent, has the plan to eliminate Amado before, since he is the only one who can prove that within the organization in which both worked together, there is a scheme of corruption and murky management that endangers its existence within it and its freedom. He has already been transferred to a jail on the outskirts of the

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and is about to be taken to the airport, under strict security measures when the Casillas cartel tries to rescue him and Baltazar Ojeda himself tries to kill him. In the midst of this tension and in parallel, under the supervision of Doña Alba (

) and a specialized doctor, they try a risky procedure to revive Aurelio (

Episodes

Cast and characters

Main

* Matías Novoa as Amado Casillas "El Águila Azul" *

...

as Rutila Casillas *

as Ismael Casillas * Isabella Castillo as Diana Ahumada *

as Miltón Jiménez "El Cabo" / Pío José Valdivia *

as Balthazar Ojeda *

as Joe Navarro *

as Violeta Estrella * Ninel Conde as Evelina López

Recurring

as Alba Casillas *

Manuel Landeta Manuel Landeta (born José Manuel Goenaga Jassan on October 5, 1958) is a Mexican singer and actor of telenovelas. His two sons Imanol and Jordi Landeta are also actors and singers. Career Manuel Landeta started his acting career at the age ...

as Cecilio Guiterrez * Alberto Guerra as

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* Alejandro López as El Súper Javi * Nacho Fresneda as Renzo Volpi * Fernando Noriega as Eutemio Flores "El Rojo" *

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as Joaquín Estrella * Thali García as Berenice Ahumada * Dayana Garroz as Ámbar Maldonado *

Alan Slim Alan Slim (born 19 December 1983) is a Mexican actor. Biography Slim, a distant relative of magnate Carlos Slim, was born in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. He studied acting at the Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa. He graduate ...

as Jaime Ernesto Rosales * Claudia Lobo as Esther * Alosian Vivancos as Dylan Gutiérrez "Dj Dylan" * Marisela Berti as Edith Guzmán * Daniel Martínez as Guillermo Colón * José Sedek as Bernardo Castillo * Roberto Escobar as Comandante José Valdés * Athina Klioum as Athina *

Coraima Torres Coraima Alejandra Torres Díaz (born June 6, 1973, in Valencia, Venezuela) is a telenovela actress. She started her acting career in Venezuela, in the late 1980s. Her first roles were in the telenovelas "Gardenia" and "Alondra". She got her first l ...

as Rita Peña * Elsy Reyes as Carla Uzcátegui * Mabel Moreno as Alejandra * Camila Jurado as Ángela * Karla Carrillo as Corina Saldaña / Salma Vidal * Karen Sandoval as Laura * Denia Agalianou as Dalila Zuc * Leonardo Álvarez as Leonardo Castaño * Daniel Martínez Campos as Arístides Istúriz * Renata Manterola as Luzma Casillas * David Ponce as José Manrique "Skinny" * Carlos Puente as Pompeyo * Fernando Banda as El Vitaminas * Daniel Rascón as El Toro * Antonio López Torres as El Pulque * Alejandro Navarrete as El Zopilote * Alex Walerstein as Paul "El Greñas" * Alejandro Félix as Chatarrero * Carlos Balderrama as José Manuel Castillo "Manny" * Rubén Arciniegas as Samario * Gabriel Bonilla as Isidro Casillas * Yannis Spaliaras as Nikos * Christina Sotiriou as Irene * Plutarco Haza as Dalvio Navarrete "El Ingeniero" * Lupita Jones as Amaranta Reyes

Guest stars

as Aurelio Casillas

Reception

The series premiered on 14 October 2019 with a total of 1.99 million viewers and 1.1 million viewers adults 18–49 years. Surpassing '' El Dragón: Return of a Warrior'' of

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and becoming the most watched program during the year in

, only above '' La Reina del Sur'', despite having had a successful premiere; the series failed to reach two million viewers as in past seasons. After actor

left of the series, the audience began to decrease markedly in each episode, before this, several followers of the series threatened Telemundo with stop watching the series.

Production

On 10 May 2018,

announced that the series has been renewed for a seventh season. The production of the season began on 27 May 2019 in Mexico, and concluded in September 2019. The season is produced by

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for Telemundo Global Studios, and it was recorded entirely in Mexico, and some places in Greece.

Casting

After having been present at the

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for the 2019-2020 television season, and having been present in the season trailer. Gala Montes, who previously participated in two previous seasons playing Luzma Casillas, confirmed that she left the series due to incoformity with the script of her character. On 21 June 2019, it was confirmed that Venezuelan actress

would be part of the season. On 16 July 2019,

Jesús Moré Jesús Moré (born 8 March 1979) is a Mexican actor. Born in Mexico and currently resides in Los Angeles, United States. He is an actor graduated from the Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa, he started his career making recurring roles i ...

who played Omar Terán confirmed his departure from the series and said "I think it's a good decision, I think the character gave what he had to give in the sixth season. What not did Omar Terán? I touched some climax peaks, of vices ... I think the character gave many things and as an actor he enriched me infinitely." On 24 July 2019, Matías Novoa confirmed his participation in the season together with

, who had left the series in the previous season. Later after having started the production of the season, Amaya stopped appearing on the set of the production, something that

did not clarify. On 11 August 2019, Plutarco Haza's return to the season was confirmed. On 14 August 2019, '' People en Español'' magazine confirmed that Isabella Castillo,

...

, Karla Carrillo,

, Fernando Noriega, Alejandro López, Álex Walerstein, Ninel Conde, Dayana Garroz, and Alberto Guerra would be back in the season. On 16 September 2019, '' People en Español'' magazine reported that

would join the cast of the season as Violeta, along to Rubén Arciniegas. Subsequently, on 17 September 2019, the magazine confirmed the return of

, and Fernando Noriega to the season, as well as the inclusion of new characters such as

, and

among others. Although it was confirmed that

would be in the seventh season, during the season's premiere;

confirmed that his character died.

Promotion

On 9 September 2019,

began promoting the seventh season through its official Instagram account. However, the teaser that lasts less than a minute does not clearly show if

will be present during the season. On 12 September 2019, the first advance of the season was shown, where Amaya appears.

References

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