''Perseguidos'', also known as ''El Capo'', is a Mexican

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produced by Horacio Díaz Morales for

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together with TeleMéxico Studios. It is a remake of the Colombian series, ''

El Capo ''Marlon Moreno El Capo'', commonly known as ''El Capo'', is a television series made by Fox Telecolombia and written by Gustavo Bolivar for RCN Television, based on its namesake book. The series follows the story of the fictional drug lord Pe ...

''. It stars

Mauricio Islas Mauricio Islas (born Juan Mauricio Islas Ilescas, August 16, 1973) is a Mexicans, Mexican actor. He is best known for his work in telenovelas produced by Televisa, TV Azteca, Telemundo, and Venevision. Currently, he lives and works in Miami, ...

as the titular character.

Plot

The series presents José Vicente Solís Armenta, a delinquent who is prosecuted by the state, tried and condemned to the maximum penalty for crimes against humanity. By being betrayed, the authorities finally manage to track him down and want him dead or alive. Solis Armenta, as he escapes, has to deal with his wife whom he deceived, one of his lovers who seeks to assassinate him and a bodyguard who seems to succumb to his charms.

Cast

Main

as José Vicente Solís Armenta / El Capo *

Irán Castillo Irán Castillo Pinzón (born 4 January 1977) is a Mexican actress and singer. Castillo began her career in the 1990s, after roles in telenovelas such as ''Agujetas de color de rosa'', ''Confidente de Secundaria'', and '' Preciosa''. Subseque ...

as Sofía Cáseres *

Marisol del Olmo Marisol del Olmo () is a Mexican telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama ...

as María Guadalupe Luján Flores * Sara Maldonado as La Perris *

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as Pancho Solís Armenta *

Gerardo Taracena Gerardo Taracena (born 1970) is a Mexican film and theatre actor and dancer. He is known for his roles in ''Apocalypto'', '' Man on Fire'', ''The Mexican'' and '' Sin Nombre'' as well as the Netflix series '' Narcos: Mexico''. He was born in Mex ...

as Gustavo Benítez / Tavo *

Roberto Mateos Roberto Mateos (born April 28, 1963, in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico), is a Mexican actor of telenovelas. He is best known for his performance in most successful telenovelas productions such as Televisa, Venevision and Telemundo. He live ...

as Hernán Molina *

Alejandro de la Madrid Alejandro de la Madrid (born March 23, 1977, Ciudad de México, México), 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 Uribe *

Claudio Lafarga Claudio Lafarga (born July 25, 1979, in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico), is a Mexican actor. He is known for his work on ''XY. La revista'' (2009), ''2033 The 2030s (pronounced "twenty-thirties"; shortened to the '30s) is the next decad ...

as Sergio Machado / Checo

Recurring

* Mauricio Rousselon as Juan José "Jay" Solís * Isabel Burr as Camila Solís * Guillermo Quintanilla as General Payró *

Verónica Merchant Verónica Merchant (born November 28, 1967 in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico) is a Mexican actress who played the role of Mariana Romero Vargas in the Mexican telenovela Corazón salvaje. Filmography * Tu vida es mi vida as Isabella *Mujer ...

as Irene * Gustavo Sánchez Parra as Coronel Avilés * Julio Bracho as Señor H *

Valentina Acosta Valentina Acosta (born July 23, 1982), is a Colombian television actress, presenter and model A model is an informative representation of an object, person or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century E ...

as Connie *

Javier Díaz Dueñas Javier Díaz Dueñas (born 26 September 1951 in Mexico City), is a Mexican actor and director Director may refer to: Literature * ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine * ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker * ''The ...

as General Segovia *

Mimi Morales Mimi Morales (born April 11, 1976 in Cartagena, Colombia) is a Colombian actress. During her childhood she became interested in Martial Arts, and she has practiced ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during th ...

as Valeria Buenrostro *

Pablo Cruz Guerrero Pablo Cruz Guerrero (born 2 February 1984) is a Mexican actor. Filmography Film roles Television roles References External links * 1984 births Mexican male telenovela actors Living people 21st-century Mexican male actor ...

as Emiliano * Ariane Pellicer as Doña Esperanza Armenta * Eduardo Arroyuelo as Agente Barrales * Mario Loría as Teniente Monroe * Ricardo Polanco as Eduardo Solís Armenta *

Melissa Barrera Melissa Barrera Martínez (born 4 July 1990) is a Mexican actress and singer. In Mexico, she is known for roles in the telenovelas ''Siempre tuya Acapulco'' (2013), ''Tanto amor'' (2015), and the Netflix series '' Club de Cuervos'' (2017). Outs ...

as Laura Solis

Problems and broadcast

The premiere of the series was scheduled for October 31, 2016. However, ''El Capo'' quickly came under a firestorm of criticism. The presidents of the Radio and Television Commissions in the

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and

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wrote a letter asking the RTC, Mexico's broadcast content regulator, and the

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to take action against

, which aired the novela, for broadcasting a "narcoseries". The network may have feared that the program would receive a D rating from the RTC, in which case it could not air before midnight; days before the planned October 31 premiere, the title was changed to ''Perseguidos'' (Pursued) for its run on Imagen. The series was broadcast from November 7, 2016 until January 27, 2017. In the United States the series premiered on April 4, 2017 in the timeslot of 10pm/9c with its original name, "El Capo". Due to the low rating of the series,

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changed the schedule of the series to 8pm/7c.

U.S. broadcast

The following is a list of episodes with titles and release dates in the United States, the ratings are also shown.

Notes

References

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