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El Chapo (TV Series)
''El Chapo'' is a biographical crime thriller television series, co-produced by Netflix and Univision, about the life of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. The series premiered on April 23, 2017 on Univision before airing on Netflix worldwide. It stars Marco de la O as the title character. The series recounts the beginnings of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán in 1985, when he was a low-level member of the Guadalajara Cartel, his rise to power as head of the Sinaloa Cartel, and his downfall. On May 12, 2017, Univision confirmed that the series would be renewed for a second season. Season 2 premiered on September 17, 2017. Netflix released the first season, comprising nine episodes, on June 16, 2017. The second season was released on December 15, 2017. The third season premiered on July 9, 2018 on Univision, and on July 27, 2018 on Netflix. Cast Main cast * Marco de la O as Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán * Humberto Busto as Conrado Higuera Sol "Don Sol" (a fictionalized portrayal of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Film
Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), drama or gangster film, but also include Comedy film, comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as Mystery film, mystery, suspense or Film noir, noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" explaining that these categories are additive rather than exclusionary. ''China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Carlos Olivas
Juan Carlos Olivas was a Mexican actor known for playing Héctor Luis Palma Salazar in the 2017 Netflix and Univision series ''El Chapo EL, El or el may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional entities * El, a character from the manga series ''Shugo Chara!'' by Peach-Pit * Eleven (''Stranger Things'') (El), a fictional character in the TV series ''Stranger Things'' * El, fami ...''. Olivas died in April 2018 due to cancer. References External links * Year of birth missing[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin , . Models can be divided in .... Filmography Films Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Acosta, Valentina 1982 births Living people 21st-century Colombian actresses Colombian telenovela actresses Actresses from Bogotá ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Javier Arellano Félix
Francisco Javier Arellano Félix (born 11 December 1969) is a former Mexican drug lord who alongside his brothers founded and led the Tijuana Cartel (a.k.a. the Arellano-Félix Organization) until his capture by the United States Coast Guard on August 16, 2006. The Tijuana Cartel used to be one of the largest Mexican drug cartels. It is well known for its employment of enforcers recruited from Mexican and San Diego street gangs. In addition to enforcers, many Latin American street gangsters were trained to become assassins in the cartel, which has a reputation for extreme brutality and violence. At its height in the late 1990s, the cartel was believed to be responsible for supplying nearly half the cocaine sold in the United States. The gang made headlines in January 2006 after it was discovered they had dug tunnels from Tijuana, Baja California, into the United States at Otay Mesa, California. Kingpin Act sanction On 1 June 2004, the United States Department of the Treasury ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Escobar
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (; ; 1 December 19492 December 1993) was a Colombian drug lord, narcoterrorist, and politician who was the founder and leader of the Medellín Cartel. Dubbed the "King of Cocaine", Escobar was one of the wealthiest criminals in history, having amassed an estimated net worth of US$30 billion by his death—equivalent to ~$80 billion as of 2025—while his drug cartel monopolized the cocaine trade into the US in the 1980s and early 1990s. Born in Rionegro and raised in Medellín, Escobar studied briefly at Universidad Autónoma Latinoamericana of Medellín but left without graduating; he instead began engaging in criminality, selling illegal cigarettes and fake lottery tickets, as well as participating in motor vehicle theft. In the early 1970s, he began to work for various drug smugglers, often kidnapping and holding people for ransom. In 1976, Escobar founded the Medellín Cartel, which distributed powder cocaine, and established the first sm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (born January 8, 1946), commonly referred to by his aliases ''El Jefe de Jefes'' ('The Boss of Bosses') and ''El Padrino'' ('The Godfather'), is a convicted Mexican drug kingpin who was one of the founders of the Guadalajara Cartel, which controlled much of the drug trafficking in Mexico and the corridors along the Mexico–United States border in the 1980s. Félix Gallardo was arrested in 1989 on charges of ordering the murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena. He was serving his 40-year sentence at the Altiplano maximum-security prison but was transferred to a medium-security facility in 2014 due to his declining health. Early life Born on a ranch in Bellavista, on the outskirts of Culiacán, Sinaloa, Félix Gallardo graduated from high school and studied business in college. He took a job as a Mexican Federal Judicial Police agent. He worked as a family bodyguard for the governor of Sinaloa state Leopo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolores Heredia
Dolores Heredia Lerma (; born October 6, 1966) is a Mexican actress. Personal life She is the seventh of ten children who grew up in La Paz, Baja California Sur. Her mother was a photographer from Sinaloa, Lusiana Kornal and her father was a seaman from Guanajuato. She studied drama at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Filmography Movies *''La otra orilla'' (1990) *''Pueblo de madera'' (1990) *''Un cielo cruel y una tierra colorada'' (1991) *''Sombra de ángel'' (1991) *''El patrullero'' (1991) *''De barro'' (1992) *''Decisiones'' (1993) *''Pueblo viejo'' (1993) *''Vagabunda'' (1994) *''La hija del Puma'' (1994) *''Un hilito de sangre'' (1995) *''Un pedazo de noche'' (1995) *''Desiertos mares'' (1995) *''Dos crímenes'' (1995) *''En el aire'' (1995) *''Santitos'' (1999) *''De la calle'' (2001) *''Ciudades oscuras'' (2002) *''Suertuda gloria'' (2003) *''La mudanza'' (2003) *''La historia del baúl rosado'' (2005) *''Sexo, amor y otras perversio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicente Carrillo Fuentes
Vicente Carrillo Fuentes (born 16 October 1962), commonly referred to by his alias El Viceroy, is a Mexican convicted drug lord and former leader of the Juárez Cartel, a drug trafficking organization. The cartel is based in Chihuahua, one of the primary transportation routes for billions of dollars' worth of illegal drug shipments entering the United States from Mexico annually. He was one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords until his capture in 2014. On February 27th, 2025, Fuentes was extradited to the United States. Early life Vicente Carrillo Fuentes was born in Guamuchilito, Navolato, Sinaloa, Mexico on 16 October 1962 to Vicente Carrillo and Aurora Fuentes. He had seven siblings: Angélica, Amado, Cipriano, Guadalupe, Alberto, Rodolfo and José Cruz Carrillo Fuentes (Vicente being the fourth one). All are nephews of Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, a former drug lord. Family relations and alliances The Juárez Cartel was founded by his brother Amado Carrillo Fuentes fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ismael Zambada García
Ismael may refer to: People * Ismael Khalid (born 2000), American live-streamer known as Johnny Somali * Ismael Balkhi, political activist from Afghanistan * Ismael Blanco (born 1983), Argentine professional footballer * Ismael Prego, Spanish YouTuber known as Wismichu * Ismael Villegas Ismael Villegas Diaz (born August 12, 1976) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Villegas was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the fifth round of the 1995 Major League Baseball draft. In June 1996, the Cubs traded him to the Atlanta Brave ..., Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player Other uses * Ismael, Sar-e Pol, a village in Afghanistan * ''Ismael'' (film), a 2013 Spanish film * ''Ismael'' (novel), a 1977 novel by Klas Östergren See also * Ismaël * Ysmael (other) * Isfael, Welsh bishop and saint * Ishmael (other) * Ismail (other) * Ismail (name) * * {{disambig, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Vásquez (actor)
Diego Javier Vásquez Camayo (born 24 March 1964) is a Colombian actor. He is best known for his roles in the television series '' The Mafia Dolls'' (2009–2010), '' Pobres Rico'' (2012–2013), '' The Girl'' (2016), ''El Chapo'' (2017), and '' La mamá del 10'' (2018). In 2024, he played José Arcadio Buendía in the Netflix television series ''One Hundred Years of Solitude''. Early life Vásquez was born in Ibagué. He lived in the United States for five years, studying film at City College of San Francisco and television production at Laney College in Oakland, California. He later returned to Colombia to study civil engineering and geology at the National University of Colombia. During his studies, he began acting with the Teatro Estudio. Career In 2008, he wrote the screenplay for the film '' Gabriel's Passion''. From 2022 to 2023, he played Onofre Duarte in the RCN Televisión series '' Leandro Díaz''. In 2024, he played José Arcadio Buendía in the Netflix television se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Salinas De Gortari
Carlos Salinas de Gortari (; born 3 April 1948) is a Mexicans, Mexican economist, historían and former politician who served as the 60th president of Mexico from 1988 to 1994. Considered the frontman of Mexican Neoliberalism by formulating, promoting, signing and implementing the North American Free Trade Agreement. Affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), earlier in his career he worked in the Secretariat of Programming and Budget, eventually becoming Secretary. He secured the party's nomination for the 1988 Mexican general election, 1988 general election and was elected amid widespread accusations of electoral fraud. An economist, Salinas de Gortari was the first Mexican president since 1946 who was not a Law degree, law graduate. His presidency was characterized by the entrenchment of the Neoliberalism, neoliberal, Free market, free trade economic policies initiated by his predecessor Miguel de la Madrid in observance of the Washington Consensus, mass pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamín Arellano Félix
Benjamín Arellano Félix (born 12 March 1952) is a Mexican former drug lord who alongside his brothers founded and led the Tijuana Cartel or "Arellano-Félix Organization” until his arrest in March 2002. Biography Benjamín Arellano Félix, who worked closely with his brothers, was one of Mexico's most powerful drug lords and the supplier of one-third of the U.S.'s cocaine. Benjamín had six brothers: * Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix (24 October 1949-18 October, 2013) – Shot dead by gunmen disguised as clowns at his birthday party, on 18 October 2013. * Carlos Arellano Félix (believed to have been born 20 August 1955), a medical doctor, is not currently wanted. * Eduardo Arellano Félix (born 11 October 1956) – Captured in 2008. * Ramón Arellano Félix (born 31 August 1964) – Shot dead by police in 2002. * Luis Fernando Arellano Félix (believed to have been born 26 January 1966) is not currently wanted. * Francisco Javier Arellano Félix (born 11 Decembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
