The third season of the American

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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

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. 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 Kate del Castillo Negrete Trillo () is a Mexican-American actress. At the age of 19, del Castillo became known for her lead role in the telenovela ''Muchachitas'' for Televisa in 1991. Afterwards, she continued her career in film and television ...

as Teresa Mendoza * Pêpê Rapazote as Pablo Landero *

Antonio Gil Antonio Gil Martínez (born 1965) is a Spanish actor. Gil has appeared in a number of international movies, including '' Chocolat'' (2000), ''The Merchant of Venice'', ''Quantum of Solace'' (2008), and most notable '' Risen'' (2016) playing the ro ...

as Oleg Yosikov * Isabella Sierra as Sofía Dantes *

Alejandro Calva Alejandro Calva (born May 31, 1968 Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico), is a Mexican actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the the ...

as César Güemes "Batman" * Cuca Escribano as Sheila *

Kika Edgar Kika Edgar (born January 9) is a Mexican actress and singer. Biography Sandra Erika Edgar Garza was born in Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Beginning her career primarily in theater and musicals, she has become well known in Mexico, star ...

as Genoveva Alcalá *

Lincoln Palomeque Lincoln Palomeque (born March 20, 1977) is a Colombian actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as ...

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 Beth Chamberlin (born October 1, 1963) is an American actress, known for her role as Beth Raines on the CBS soap opera, ''Guiding Light''. Early life Chamberlin was born in Danville, Vermont. She studied ballet with the American Ballet Theatre b ...

as Jane Kosar *

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as Susana Guzmán *

Humberto Zurita Humberto Zurita (, born September 2, 1954) is a Mexican actor, director and producer. Zurita, one of 10 siblings from Torreón, Coahuila, is best known as actor, director and producer of telenovelas. Acting career He made his first stage appea ...

as Epifanio Vargas

Recurring and guest stars

Tiago Correa Tiago Kadú Correa Girrulat (born August 28, 1981, in Santiago de Chile Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chil ...

as Jonathan Peres * Daniel Martínez as Senator * Carlos Valencia as Montaño *

Arturo Ríos Arturo Ríos is a Mexican actor. Career Rios is largely a theatrical actor, but has also starred in films and on television. He won the Ariel Award for Best Actor for his performance in the movie ''Fairy Tales for Sleeping Crocodiles'', taking ...

as Delio Jurado * Dmitry Anisimov as Anton Potapushin * Sara Vidorreta as Rocío Aljarafe * Denia Agalianou as Vanessa * Anderley Palomino as Mateo Mena *

Eduardo Yáñez Eduardo Yáñez Luévano (; born September 25, 1960) is a Mexican actor. Biography Yáñez was born in Mexico City, Mexico. He lived with his mother. He never met his father. Career Producer Ernesto Alonso saw his potential and gave him his fi ...

as Antonio Alcalá * Noé Hernández as General Carlos Garrido * Pedro Grossman as Rogelio Tejada *

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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 Alejandra Lazcano (born December 31, 1984) is a Mexican actress, best known for her roles in telenovelas '' Acorralada'' and '' Pobre Diabla''. Biography Early life Alejandra started acting in soap operas at a young age. Her very first role was ...

as Lina *

Alina Lozano Alina Lozano Acosta (born 6 January 1969) is a Colombian actress and writer recognized for her many roles on national television, such as Nidia Pacheco in '' Pedro el escamoso'', Esther Pimiento in '' El último matrimonio feliz'', Chief Penagos ...

* 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 Fabio Di Tomaso (born April 9, 1977 in Quebec, Montreal, Canada) he is a Canadian actor. Biography Fabio Di Tomaso was born into a family of Argentine origin. He spent his childhood and adolescence in the town of Boulogne Sur Mer next to his m ...

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

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and

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. 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

Music

''La Reina del Sur: 3ra Temporada (Banda Sonora Original)'' is the

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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 Carlos Rafael Rivera (born 18 August, 1970) is an American composer based out of Guatemala. In 2014, his music score for the movie '' A Walk Among the Tombstones'' advanced for Oscar in the Best Original Score category. He has won an Emmy Awar ...

, and the theme song of the third season performed by The Miami Symphony Orchestra and Sofi Saar.

References

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