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It’s been a few years for the reason that third and ultimate season of Narcos: Mexico landed on Netflix, however we might quickly be returning as we’ve realized {that a} new El Chapo spin-off set within the Narcos universe is in improvement at Netflix.
Gaumont Television will likely be behind the brand new collection as they have been each Narcos and Narcos: Mexico that got here earlier than it. We’re listening to Alejandro Edda is in talks to reprise his function as Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, which isn’t any shock given he performed the function in 24 episodes of the three seasons of Narcos: Mexico on Netflix.
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Where will the story choose up from Narcos: Mexico?
By the time we reached the top of Narcos: Mexico, many key gamers of the Mexican cartels have been both killed, imprisoned, or their positions of energy beneath menace.
Amado Carrillo Fuentes “died” after issues with cosmetic surgery, and even when the rumors are to be believed that he survived, Amado is out of the sport and retired, leaving management of the Juarez cartel within the fingers of his brother Vicente.
One of the leaders of the Tijuana Cartel, Ramón Arellano Félix, was murdered earlier than he might make a transfer in opposition to the Sinaloa Cartel. This means two of the siblings are left combating for management over their cartel, and a conflict with the Sinaloa Cartel was on the horizon.
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As for El Chapo, regardless of being behind bars, he was nonetheless capable of finding much more energy and affect. Taking the recommendation he was given from Héctor Luis Palma Salazar, he had Hector eliminated and transferred to a different jail, leaving the ability of the Sinaloa cartel in his fingers, and El Mayo.
El Chapo’s rise to energy as one of many richest, most influential, and most harmful males in Cartel historical past is paved with blood and medicines. His $2.5 million escape from jail in 2001 left him as some of the wished males, with a number of makes an attempt to seize him spearheaded by the US authorities, however El Chapo was capable of keep away from the authorities for 13 years. During that point, an unprecedented quantity of medication entered the US, making El Chapo one of many richest males in Mexico. The Drug Enforcement Administration had estimated his wealth, and energy matched that of former Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. Overall it was estimated that El Chapo had belongings price roughly $12.6 billion.
The 2000s was additionally a conflict interval between among the Cartels as they continued to struggle over the ability vacuum left behind by dismantling the Guadalajara Cartel.
Edda as El Chapo – JUAN ROSAS/NETFLIX
Expect the story to choose up roughly after we have been left off with El Chapo nonetheless in jail; from there, we’ll see his means to regulate the Sinaloan Cartel from behind bars earlier than his eventual escape after he’s threatened with extradition to the USA. After that, we’ll see the continued conflict between the Mexican cartels as El Chapo and his Sinaloan Cartel turns into even bigger, extra highly effective, and richer. The first season ought to happen over the course of 15 years if it ends along with his eventual seize in 2014.
Of course, should you want some El Chapo content material forward of a possible Narcos El Chapo spin-off, you’ll discover loads on Netflix. You’ve acquired the three-season Univision-produced collection solely on Netflix, plus two documentary collection within the type of The Day I Met El Chapo and Drug Lords.
Netflix can also be working with the artistic staff behind Narcos on one other drug collection protecting Griselda Blanco starring Sofia Vergara.
Note: Contains extra reporting from Jacob Robinson.