La Reina del Sur (Telenovela)
Encyclopedia
La Reina del Sur is a Spanish-language telenovela
produced by the United States-based television
network Telemundo
in conjunction with the Antena 3
network (Spain
) and RTI Producciones (Colombia
). Based on a novel of the same name by Spanish author Arturo Pérez-Reverte
, the drama depicts the rise of Teresa Mendoza, a young woman from Culiacán
, Sinaloa
, Mexico
, who becomes the most powerful drug trafficker in southern Spain
. It was executive produced by Patricio Wills, the president of Telemundo Television Studios
. After Reina ended, he left Telemundo Television Studios and assumes the role of president of RTI Producciones.
With a $10 million budget, La Reina del Sur was the most expensive telenovela ever produced by Telemundo. The program's premiere on the U.S.-based Telemundo
network on February 28, 2011 was the network's highest rated premiere for a telenovela to date. Over its run, the program frequently achieved dominance in its time slot, even over English language programming on other major U.S. television networks.
La Reina del Sur completed its 63 episode run on Telemundo and its 13 episode run on Antena 3 (Spain) simultaneously on May 30, 2011. The final episode was the highest rated broadcast in Telemundo's 19-year history, with 4.2 million viewers, and beat out all of the English language U.S. television networks to earn the number one slot in the 18-49 adult demographic. The program's success spurred Telemundo to launch its first-ever campaign to earn the series an Emmy Award nomination. A one-night special featuring several members of the cast that aired on May 31, 2011 (the night after the final episode) also marked the Telemundo debut of noted Latina television personality Cristina Saralegui
.
La Reina del Sur is being broadcast in several other markets, including Serbia
, Colombia
, Chile
, Cyprus
, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Mexico, Albania, Hungary and Slovenia (among others).
in the telenovela El Clon
were also used to depict Gibraltar
and Fez
during filming. Some scenes filmed in Colombia
were also used during the filming of El Cartel 2: La Guerra Total.
Rafael Amaya
shot some scenes for La Reina del Sur
while also filming his new production, Alguien te mira
. Sara Maldonado
also did double duty for both this and Telemundo's recently-ended Aurora
.
Footage was also shot on location in Mexico
, Spain
, Gibraltar
, United States
, and Morocco
including a number of high-speed helicopter/boat chases.
The theme song, performed by Los Cuates de Sinaloa, is a cover of Los Tigres del Norte's
2002 song, "La Reina del Sur
," a satire of the narcocorrido
genre whose lyrics recount the story of Perez Reverte's fictional heroine.
), a young woman introduced at the age of 23 when she is living with her boyfriend, "El Güero" (Rafael Amaya
), a drug trafficker and rising star in the Sinaloa cartel. El Güero has been dabbling in his own trade, which is starting to cut into the cartel's profits, and is ordered to be executed by Epifanio Vargas (Humberto Zurita
), his godfather and leader of the cartel. After El Güero is assassinated, Teresa receives a phone call telling her to run. Teresa is unaware that El Güero's death was ordered by Vargas, mistakenly believing that he was killed by rivals in the organization. She trades El Güero's business ledger to Vargas in exchange for his help fleeing the country.
Arriving in Spain, Teresa is referred to work for Driss Larby, a businessman and low-level underworld operator in the Spanish enclave of Melilla
on the North African coast. On the ferry, she meets Fátima Mansur, a prostitute who turns out to work at Driss's bar "El Yamilla." Teresa soon proves herself to be an invaluable asset at "El Yamilla" by balancing the books every night. At "El Yamilla," Teresa meets Santiago Fisterra (Iván Sanchez), a Galician ("El Gallego") who works smuggling black market goods such as cigarettes across the strait of Gibraltar into Spain, and his friend Lalo. Teresa and Santiago begin dating, while Lalo dates Teresa's coworker Soraya. Knowing that Santiago is unhappy working the small time, Teresa arranges with Colonel Abdelkader Chaïb (Eduardo Velasco) to get Santiago working on the hashish trade. The payoff is huge, and Teresa and Santiago move to Málaga.
A year later, Driss Larby is still smarting from Teresa's abandonment, and conspires with a Spanish Naval Officer, Cañagotas (Julio Pachón), who is on Chaïb's payroll, to have Santiago busted during a major drug run. Instead, however, Santiago crashes his boat into rocks at high speed and is killed, while Teresa is thrown free, arrested, and sent to jail. Santiago's crooked lawyer, Eddy Alvarez (Carlos Diez), subsequently liquidates all of Santiago and Teresa's property and spends it on his mistress.
In prison, Teresa meets Patricia O'Farrell (Cristina Urgel), the wild child in a wealthy Irish-Spanish family whose exasperated father has abandoned her to her fate after having had to bail her out of trouble too many times. The two become fast friends—although the bisexual Patricia clearly wants more. Upon release, Patty reveals to Teresa that she knows where half ton of cocaine was hidden by her late boyfriend, and hatches a plan to sell it back to the Russian mob. During the negotiation, however, it becomes clear to the Russian mob boss, Oleg Yasilkov (Alberto Jiménez), that Teresa is the one with the true business acumen and would be a valuable asset to him. Teresa deftly negotiates the retrieval of the cocaine from its hiding place, under the nose of the confounded Spanish police, headed by Pablo Flores (Juan José Arjona), the first of many successes in her new career as a rising drug lord.
DEA
agent Willy Rangel (Cristian Tappan) travels to Spain, where he begins working with Flores to build a case against Teresa, who is rapidly becoming the most powerful drug trafficker in southern Spain. Backed by Yasilkov, and with the assistance of Teo Aljarafe (Miguel de Miguel), a lawyer and occasional lover of Patty, she opens Transer Naga, a shell company set up to disguise her true business. Shortly afterward, three assassins arrive from Mexico, bent on seeking revenge against Teresa. With Oleg's help, one of them is executed, one escapes, and one, "El Pote" (Dagoberto Gama) eventually becomes her personal bodyguard. Teresa and Teo grow closer, despite her reservations about it, and eventually embark on a relationship.
In the meantime, Willy has brought his assistant, Veronica (Sara Maldonado
) to Spain to pose as a love interest for Patty in order to gain access to Transer Naga. Willy also pressures Teo into turning informant, threatening to reveal to Teresa that Teo has been skimming from the company. As months pass, Teresa and Teo attract media attention, and Patty, dumped by Veronica and jealous of Teresa replacing her as media darling, begins a downward spiral of drugs and alcohol. Stalking Veronica in an attempt to get her back, Patty learns the truth about her ex-girlfriend: that she works for the police and has been using Patty to take down Teresa. Distraught, Patty drives the car off of a cliff, killing Veronica. On awakening in the hospital, she tells Teresa everything she knows, then commits suicide.
In Mexico, Epifanio Vargas has been working as the chief of campaign for the next presidential election. His nephew (who is, in fact, his son) Ramiro (Salvador Zerboni) arranges for the candidate to be assassinated, ensuring that the candidacy will go to Vargas instead. Spurred on by the fact that the head of the Sinaloa cartel is about to be elected president of Mexico, the DEA changes tactics and offers Teresa immunity against prosecution if she agrees to testify against Vargas and destroy his political career. At the same time, Vargas asks Ramiro to bring Teresa back to Mexico under the guise of extending an invitation to attend his candidacy, but in reality to execute her because she is the only person still alive who knows about his criminal past.
Oleg presents Teresa with evidence that Teo is a police informant. Teresa sets a trap for Teo and confronts him with the truth, after which Pote executes him. Finding that the Spanish police are trying to obtain an arrest warrant and do an end-run around the DEA, Teresa accepts the immunity deal and agrees to testify against Vargas who, she realizes, has been her enemy all along. On her return to Culiacan, Vargas tries at first to plead with Teresa not to testify but, being unsuccessful, orders her assassination in a raid on the safe house where she is staying. Teresa narrowly escapes, shooting Ramiro in the chest point-blank after he has killed Pote. The next day, she leaves the police station in triumph and Vargas is led away in handcuffs.
A short coda
shows a heavily pregnant Teresa, seven months later, living a life of peace and quiet in a seaside villa somewhere in Spain. A high shot of her walking along a pier, holding her belly and smiling, ends the series. In the last few episodes it is established that the show has taken place over the span of approximately thirteen years.
their support using the hashtag #noalacensuraLRDS, thanking them later for their support saying, "It is very important that we express ourselves ... I don't want you all to see our work half finished!" A second scene, featuring a kiss between Urgel and Sara Maldonado's character, Verónica, was also cut from episode 42. Urgel admitted that, "We were a little afraid of how the public would react, especially in Latin America, with certain aspects of her personality—her bisexuality and addictions—but it was received with much affection. I've gotten messages on Twitter congratulating me and saying how much they love Patty."
Due to its subject matter, La Reina del Sur has been criticized by some commentators for its glamorous depiction of the life of a narcotrafficker, with one Mexican government official calling the series "an apology for organized crime." Del Castillo responded by saying, "... I don't see this as a story about drug trafficking. Obviously you have to see that in the environment around Teresa Mendoza, but it's [primarily] the story of how this woman survives to keep living."
Other critics suggest that the series downplays the masculinity and misogyny of the narco underworld, questioning whether a woman like Teresa Mendoza would ever really be able to achieve such power in a male-dominated arena.
Series co-star Iván Sánchez (Santiago "El Gallego" Fisterra) said in interviews with Spanish media that he was unhappy with the way that the series turned out after post-production. "I'm really happy with my own work, but the final product is a really strange mix: it's not a novela, and it's not a series with the quality it should have for prime time ... It seemed like Antena 3 put all its weight behind the U.S. production, and in turn they put their weight behind the Colombian production to reduce the cost, and something really weird happened. There was no communication. ... I'm very satisfied with what I did, with my work, and my professional part, but I'm not very happy with the result that I've seen, not at all."
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
, who wrote the novel upon which the show was based, blasted the pared down 13-episode version that was shown on Spanish TV, calling it "swill" (bazofia). He contrasted it with the longer, 63-episode series shown in the Americas, which he called "a perfect soap opera," saying that it was "extremely effective, despite its limitations and mistakes." Pérez-Reverte also had praise for the actors, saying, "Kate del Castillo and the other actors are splendid."
The first episode, broadcast on February 28, 2011, attracted 2.4 million viewers, making it the most viewed premiere for any telenovela on the network. Over the course of its run, La Reina del Sur frequently dominated the 10 PM time slot for broadcast television (even over the major U.S. networks) among the 18-34 age demographic. The final episode, broadcast on May 30, 2011, was Telemundo's highest rated broadcast in its 19-year history, attracting nearly 4.2 million viewers and dominating its time slot among the 18-49 demographic, beating out the English language networks.
Spain (Antena 3)
For the Spanish market, the telenovela was edited down to 13 episodes. It premiered March 14, 2011, at 10 PM with an audience of 3.19 million viewers, making it the second most watched program of the evening, and the most popular program broadcast on a privately owned channel. The series continued its run on Wednesday evenings at the same time, winning the top position for the time slot, attracting 16% of television viewers (over 3 million).
México (Galavisión)
Premiered April 4, 2011, at 10:30 PM, with a 42% share. It is the most watched television show in the Metropolitan area of el Valle de Mexico (Mexico City) with an average daily rating of 22 points. It even outperforms Televisa's "El canal de las estrellas"...The novela gets a national rating of 15 points. It is the 5th most watched show on Mexican television. On May 19 LRDS peaked at 16 points becoming the 2nd most watched Telenovela in the country and the 3rd most watched show. On May 24 LRDS hit another high with 16.5 points on a National level. It hit another high of 17 points nationally on June 1 and it got 25 points in Mexico City. On June 7 LRDS continued to soared in ratings with a 17.4 National Ranking and a 26.1 in Mexico City
Chile (MEGA)
Premiered May 9, 2011 at 7:40 PM. La Reina del Sur was first in its time slot, with a 15.6 rating (peaking at 18) among viewerships for televisions channels TVN, CHV, and Canal 13. In its second and third episodes it continued to dominate its time slot.
Colombia (Caracol Televisión)
Premiered May 16, 2011 at 9:00 pm and has shocked the country by its theme in the mafia and its social reality. Currently airs at 10:00 pm after El Desafío, La Lucha de Las Regiones "La Piedra Sagrada" with ratings between 13 and 15 points, which has become a success.
Nicaragua (Televicentro de Nicaragua)
It premiered October 17, 2011 at 9:00 P.M. in substitution of A Corazón Abierto
which had a really good rating. Lots of people in the country have read the book so they are excited to see this novela. It has been announced since the beginning of September. It has a very high rating.
Telenovela
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produced by the United States-based television
Television
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network Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
in conjunction with the Antena 3
Antena 3 (Spain)
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network (Spain
Spain
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) and RTI Producciones (Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
). Based on a novel of the same name by Spanish author Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Arturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez is a Spanish novelist and journalist. He worked as a war correspondent for twenty-one years . His first novel, El húsar, set in the Napoleonic Wars, was released in 1986. He is well known outside Spain for his "Alatriste" series of novels...
, the drama depicts the rise of Teresa Mendoza, a young woman from Culiacán
Culiacán
Culiacán is a city in northwestern Mexico, the largest city in the state of Sinaloa as well as its capital and capital of the municipality of Culiacán. With 675,773 inhabitants in the city , and 858,638 in the municipality, it is the largest city in the state of Sinaloa...
, Sinaloa
Sinaloa
Sinaloa officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 18 municipalities and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales....
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, who becomes the most powerful drug trafficker in southern Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. It was executive produced by Patricio Wills, the president of Telemundo Television Studios
Telemundo Television Studios
Telemundo Television Studios is a division of NBC Universal that develops original programming in Spanish.-History:In 2005, Telemundo Communications Group, announced the acquisition of the totality of its property next to RTI Colombia, Telemundo-RTI, to create Telemundo Studios Television and...
. After Reina ended, he left Telemundo Television Studios and assumes the role of president of RTI Producciones.
With a $10 million budget, La Reina del Sur was the most expensive telenovela ever produced by Telemundo. The program's premiere on the U.S.-based Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
network on February 28, 2011 was the network's highest rated premiere for a telenovela to date. Over its run, the program frequently achieved dominance in its time slot, even over English language programming on other major U.S. television networks.
La Reina del Sur completed its 63 episode run on Telemundo and its 13 episode run on Antena 3 (Spain) simultaneously on May 30, 2011. The final episode was the highest rated broadcast in Telemundo's 19-year history, with 4.2 million viewers, and beat out all of the English language U.S. television networks to earn the number one slot in the 18-49 adult demographic. The program's success spurred Telemundo to launch its first-ever campaign to earn the series an Emmy Award nomination. A one-night special featuring several members of the cast that aired on May 31, 2011 (the night after the final episode) also marked the Telemundo debut of noted Latina television personality Cristina Saralegui
Cristina Saralegui
Cristina Saralegui is a Cuban American journalist, actress and talk show host of the Spanish-language eponymous show, Cristina. She also has her own fashion line of accessories and comforters for bed and bath....
.
La Reina del Sur is being broadcast in several other markets, including Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
, Cyprus
Cyprus
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, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Mexico, Albania, Hungary and Slovenia (among others).
Production
La Reina del Sur was announced by Telemundo as part of its 2010-2011 program year in early 2010. The majority of the program was shot in the fall of 2010 at Telemundo's studios in Colombia. Several actors and sets were simultaneously used for more than one current production. Sets depicting MoroccoMorocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
in the telenovela El Clon
El Clon
El Clon is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the U.S.-based television network Telemundo and Rede Globo. It is a remake of O Clone, a Brazilian telenovela that originally aired on Globo in 2001 and on Telemundo in 2002...
were also used to depict Gibraltar
Gibraltar
Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region...
and Fez
Fez
Fez may refer to:*Fez , a brimless felt hat, once widespread in the Ottoman Empire*Fes, a city in Morocco**FEZ, the IATA code of Fes-Saïss Airport*Free Economic Zone*Fez , a painting by an American artist...
during filming. Some scenes filmed in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
were also used during the filming of El Cartel 2: La Guerra Total.
Rafael Amaya
Rafael Amaya
For the soccer player and coach, see Rafael Amaya .Rafael Amaya , is a Mexican model, singer, and actor.-Biography:...
shot some scenes for La Reina del Sur
La Reina del Sur
La Reina del Sur is the title of a studio album released by norteño music group Los Tigres del Norte. This album became their third number-one hit on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album.-Tracklisting:This...
while also filming his new production, Alguien te mira
Alguien Te Mira (2010)
Alguien Te Mira is a Spanish-language telenovela to be produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo...
. Sara Maldonado
Sara Maldonado
Sara Maldonado is a Mexican actress.-Biography:Sara Maldonado Fuentes was born in Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico to Mario Maldonado and Sara Fuentes. She has two older brothers, Mario and Jesús and one sister, Fabiola....
also did double duty for both this and Telemundo's recently-ended Aurora
Aurora (Telenovela)
Aurora is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo.Telemundo aired this serial from November 1, 2010 to May 20, 2011...
.
Footage was also shot on location in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, Spain
Spain
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, Gibraltar
Gibraltar
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, United States
United States
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, and Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
including a number of high-speed helicopter/boat chases.
Opening credits and theme
The opening credits for the show were displayed after a lengthy intro (generally between 15–20 minutes into the broadcast). The credits featured a montage of scenes highlighting various important scenes over the course of the broadcast and did not change or evolve over the show's run.The theme song, performed by Los Cuates de Sinaloa, is a cover of Los Tigres del Norte's
Los Tigres del Norte
Los Tigres del Norte is a norteño-band ensemble based out of San Jose, California, hailing from Rosa Morada, Sinaloa, Mexico.- History :...
2002 song, "La Reina del Sur
La Reina del Sur
La Reina del Sur is the title of a studio album released by norteño music group Los Tigres del Norte. This album became their third number-one hit on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album.-Tracklisting:This...
," a satire of the narcocorrido
Narcocorrido
A Narcocorrido is a type of Mexican music and song tradition which evolved out of the norteño folk corrido tradition. This type of music is heard on both sides of the US–Mexican border. It uses a danceable, accordion-based polka as a rhythmic base. The first corridos that focus on drug...
genre whose lyrics recount the story of Perez Reverte's fictional heroine.
Storyline
La Reina del Sur is the story of Teresa Mendoza (Kate del CastilloKate del Castillo
Kate del Castillo is a leading Mexican film, theater, and television actress.- Early life :Kate Del Castillo is the daughter of Kate Trillo and Eric del Castillo, a legend of the Mexican cinema's golden era and a former soap opera actor himself...
), a young woman introduced at the age of 23 when she is living with her boyfriend, "El Güero" (Rafael Amaya
Rafael Amaya
For the soccer player and coach, see Rafael Amaya .Rafael Amaya , is a Mexican model, singer, and actor.-Biography:...
), a drug trafficker and rising star in the Sinaloa cartel. El Güero has been dabbling in his own trade, which is starting to cut into the cartel's profits, and is ordered to be executed by Epifanio Vargas (Humberto Zurita
Humberto Zurita
Humberto Zurita is a Mexican actor, director and producer.Zurita, one of 10 siblings, is best known as actor, director and producer of telenovelas. He is married to Argentine-born actress Christian Bach and the family have two children, Sebastian and Emiliano...
), his godfather and leader of the cartel. After El Güero is assassinated, Teresa receives a phone call telling her to run. Teresa is unaware that El Güero's death was ordered by Vargas, mistakenly believing that he was killed by rivals in the organization. She trades El Güero's business ledger to Vargas in exchange for his help fleeing the country.
Arriving in Spain, Teresa is referred to work for Driss Larby, a businessman and low-level underworld operator in the Spanish enclave of Melilla
Melilla
Melilla is a autonomous city of Spain and an exclave on the north coast of Morocco. Melilla, along with the Spanish exclave Ceuta, is one of the two Spanish territories located in mainland Africa...
on the North African coast. On the ferry, she meets Fátima Mansur, a prostitute who turns out to work at Driss's bar "El Yamilla." Teresa soon proves herself to be an invaluable asset at "El Yamilla" by balancing the books every night. At "El Yamilla," Teresa meets Santiago Fisterra (Iván Sanchez), a Galician ("El Gallego") who works smuggling black market goods such as cigarettes across the strait of Gibraltar into Spain, and his friend Lalo. Teresa and Santiago begin dating, while Lalo dates Teresa's coworker Soraya. Knowing that Santiago is unhappy working the small time, Teresa arranges with Colonel Abdelkader Chaïb (Eduardo Velasco) to get Santiago working on the hashish trade. The payoff is huge, and Teresa and Santiago move to Málaga.
A year later, Driss Larby is still smarting from Teresa's abandonment, and conspires with a Spanish Naval Officer, Cañagotas (Julio Pachón), who is on Chaïb's payroll, to have Santiago busted during a major drug run. Instead, however, Santiago crashes his boat into rocks at high speed and is killed, while Teresa is thrown free, arrested, and sent to jail. Santiago's crooked lawyer, Eddy Alvarez (Carlos Diez), subsequently liquidates all of Santiago and Teresa's property and spends it on his mistress.
In prison, Teresa meets Patricia O'Farrell (Cristina Urgel), the wild child in a wealthy Irish-Spanish family whose exasperated father has abandoned her to her fate after having had to bail her out of trouble too many times. The two become fast friends—although the bisexual Patricia clearly wants more. Upon release, Patty reveals to Teresa that she knows where half ton of cocaine was hidden by her late boyfriend, and hatches a plan to sell it back to the Russian mob. During the negotiation, however, it becomes clear to the Russian mob boss, Oleg Yasilkov (Alberto Jiménez), that Teresa is the one with the true business acumen and would be a valuable asset to him. Teresa deftly negotiates the retrieval of the cocaine from its hiding place, under the nose of the confounded Spanish police, headed by Pablo Flores (Juan José Arjona), the first of many successes in her new career as a rising drug lord.
DEA
DEA
DEA is the commonly used acronym for the Drug Enforcement Administration, a United States law enforcement agency.DEA or Dea may also refer to:- Organizations :* DEA , UK development education charity...
agent Willy Rangel (Cristian Tappan) travels to Spain, where he begins working with Flores to build a case against Teresa, who is rapidly becoming the most powerful drug trafficker in southern Spain. Backed by Yasilkov, and with the assistance of Teo Aljarafe (Miguel de Miguel), a lawyer and occasional lover of Patty, she opens Transer Naga, a shell company set up to disguise her true business. Shortly afterward, three assassins arrive from Mexico, bent on seeking revenge against Teresa. With Oleg's help, one of them is executed, one escapes, and one, "El Pote" (Dagoberto Gama) eventually becomes her personal bodyguard. Teresa and Teo grow closer, despite her reservations about it, and eventually embark on a relationship.
In the meantime, Willy has brought his assistant, Veronica (Sara Maldonado
Sara Maldonado
Sara Maldonado is a Mexican actress.-Biography:Sara Maldonado Fuentes was born in Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico to Mario Maldonado and Sara Fuentes. She has two older brothers, Mario and Jesús and one sister, Fabiola....
) to Spain to pose as a love interest for Patty in order to gain access to Transer Naga. Willy also pressures Teo into turning informant, threatening to reveal to Teresa that Teo has been skimming from the company. As months pass, Teresa and Teo attract media attention, and Patty, dumped by Veronica and jealous of Teresa replacing her as media darling, begins a downward spiral of drugs and alcohol. Stalking Veronica in an attempt to get her back, Patty learns the truth about her ex-girlfriend: that she works for the police and has been using Patty to take down Teresa. Distraught, Patty drives the car off of a cliff, killing Veronica. On awakening in the hospital, she tells Teresa everything she knows, then commits suicide.
In Mexico, Epifanio Vargas has been working as the chief of campaign for the next presidential election. His nephew (who is, in fact, his son) Ramiro (Salvador Zerboni) arranges for the candidate to be assassinated, ensuring that the candidacy will go to Vargas instead. Spurred on by the fact that the head of the Sinaloa cartel is about to be elected president of Mexico, the DEA changes tactics and offers Teresa immunity against prosecution if she agrees to testify against Vargas and destroy his political career. At the same time, Vargas asks Ramiro to bring Teresa back to Mexico under the guise of extending an invitation to attend his candidacy, but in reality to execute her because she is the only person still alive who knows about his criminal past.
Oleg presents Teresa with evidence that Teo is a police informant. Teresa sets a trap for Teo and confronts him with the truth, after which Pote executes him. Finding that the Spanish police are trying to obtain an arrest warrant and do an end-run around the DEA, Teresa accepts the immunity deal and agrees to testify against Vargas who, she realizes, has been her enemy all along. On her return to Culiacan, Vargas tries at first to plead with Teresa not to testify but, being unsuccessful, orders her assassination in a raid on the safe house where she is staying. Teresa narrowly escapes, shooting Ramiro in the chest point-blank after he has killed Pote. The next day, she leaves the police station in triumph and Vargas is led away in handcuffs.
A short coda
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shows a heavily pregnant Teresa, seven months later, living a life of peace and quiet in a seaside villa somewhere in Spain. A high shot of her walking along a pier, holding her belly and smiling, ends the series. In the last few episodes it is established that the show has taken place over the span of approximately thirteen years.
Main cast
| Actor | Character | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| Kate del Castillo Kate del Castillo Kate del Castillo is a leading Mexican film, theater, and television actress.- Early life :Kate Del Castillo is the daughter of Kate Trillo and Eric del Castillo, a legend of the Mexican cinema's golden era and a former soap opera actor himself... |
Teresa Mendoza "La Mexicana" | Protagonist. Girlfriend of Raimundo "El Güero" Dávila, a drug runner with the Sinaloa cartel, who is forced to flee to Spain when he is killed. Later involved with Santiago "El Gallego" Fisterra, a drug runner formerly involved with the Galician syndicate, who is killed during a high speed boat chase during which Teresa is arrested and sent to jail. On release, she establishes ties with the Russian mafia on the Costa del Sol Costa del Sol The Costa del Sol is a region in the south of Spain, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, comprising the coastal towns and communities along the Mediterranean coastline of the Málaga province. The Costa del Sol is situated between two lesser known costas: Costa de la Luz and Costa Tropical... and becomes romantically involved with Teo Aljarafe. Her publicity-shy manner and wealth draw the attention of the media, who dub her "The Queen of the South" ("La Reina del Sur") in tabloid publications. With the police closing in, she is offered the chance to escape prosecution if she testifies against Epifanio Vargas, back in Mexico, if she testifies against him and destroys his political career. |
| Humberto Zurita Humberto Zurita Humberto Zurita is a Mexican actor, director and producer.Zurita, one of 10 siblings, is best known as actor, director and producer of telenovelas. He is married to Argentine-born actress Christian Bach and the family have two children, Sebastian and Emiliano... |
Epifanio Vargas | Main Villain. Godfather of "El Güero" Dávila; head of the Sinaloan cartel, he enters politics as a senator from Sinaloa with ambitions to seek the presidency of Mexico. He is secretly the father of Ramiro "El Ratas" Vargas. When El Ratas (without Vargas's knowledge) arranges for the candidate for presidency to be assassinated, Vargas is nominated to take his place. With so much at stake, Vargas realizes that Teresa Mendoza is the only person still alive who knows details about his past business deals with the cartel. |
| Rafael Amaya Rafael Amaya For the soccer player and coach, see Rafael Amaya .Rafael Amaya , is a Mexican model, singer, and actor.-Biography:... |
Raimundo Dávila Parra "El Güero" | Seen mostly in flashbacks, El Güero is a rising star in the Sinaloa cartel who is killed by Epifanio Vargas' men, causing Teresa to flee into exile in Spain. Near the end of the series, it is revealed that El Güero was a DEA agent working for Willy Rangel, and that he was found out and ordered executed by Epifanio Vargas. |
| Iván Sánchez | Santiago López Fisterra "El Gallego" | Protagonist A Melilla Melilla Melilla is a autonomous city of Spain and an exclave on the north coast of Morocco. Melilla, along with the Spanish exclave Ceuta, is one of the two Spanish territories located in mainland Africa... -based smuggler of cigarettes and tobacco with former ties to the Galician syndicate (in Spanish, Galician is gallego, hence the nickname). Early in their relationship Teresa helps him break into the hashish trade and in return he teaches her the craft of smuggling across the Strait of Gibraltar Strait of Gibraltar The Strait of Gibraltar is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Spain in Europe from Morocco in Africa. The name comes from Gibraltar, which in turn originates from the Arabic Jebel Tariq , albeit the Arab name for the Strait is Bab el-Zakat or... . They are later married. El Gallego is killed in a high speed boat crash after he is set up in part by Driss Larbi. |
| Alberto Jiménez Alberto Jiménez Alberto Jiménez was a Mexican boxer in the Lightweight division. He is the former WBO Flyweight Champion, making six title defences.-Professional career:... |
Oleg Yasikov | Russian crime boss. He becomes Teresa's business partner after her release from jail and harbors unrequited love for her. He is suspicious of Teo Aljarafe and orders him followed, leading to the discovery of Teo's betrayal. |
| Cristina Urgel | Patricia O' Farrell "Lieutenant/La Teniente" | Protagonist A celebrity it girl It girl "It girl" is a term for a young woman who possess the quality "It", absolute attraction.The early usage of the concept "it" in this meaning may be seen in a story by Rudyard Kipling: "It isn't beauty, so to speak, nor good talk necessarily. It's just 'It'."... from a wealth Irish-Spanish family known for her wild drunken, bisexual exploits, she meets Teresa in jail and finances her early operations after release. Patty is also in love with Teresa, and eventually begins dating Verónica, using her similar appearance and Mexican accent as a surrogate. Facing jail time for Veronica's death, and feeling hopelessly lost, she commits suicide. |
| Sara Maldonado Sara Maldonado Sara Maldonado is a Mexican actress.-Biography:Sara Maldonado Fuentes was born in Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico to Mario Maldonado and Sara Fuentes. She has two older brothers, Mario and Jesús and one sister, Fabiola.... |
Verónica Cortés/Santos/"Guadalupe Romero" | Officer in the US Drug Enforcement Agency, originally based in Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole... but later follows her boss, Willy Rangel (for whom she appears to harbor feelings) to Spain. She is assigned to seduce Patty (for whom she develops genuine feelings) and infiltrate Teresa's organization. Her fake name while she is infiltrated is Guadalupe Romero. Died in car crash. |
| Miguel de Miguel | Teo Alljarafe | Co-antogonist Originally a friend and sometime lover of Patty O'Farrell, Teo replaces Eddy Alvarez as Teresa's primary lawyer, laundering money earned in the drug trade (for which Eddy conspires with Teo's wife Eugenia to have him killed). Unbeknownst to Teresa, he is working as a police informant and betrays her by assisting Veronica with leaking information to the police and the DEA. He is killed by El Pote. |
| Nerea Garmendia | Eugenia Montijo | Teo's wife. A vicious social climber more concerned with appearance than substance, she contracts Eddy Alvarez to have her husband killed. When their plot is discovered, she kills herself. |
| Gabriel Porras Gabriel Porras Gabriel Porras is a Mexican actor. He began his acting career working for TV Azteca in telenovelas like "Tres Veces Sofia" along with Mexican diva Lucía Méndez and "El Tio Alberto"... |
Roberto Gato Marquez "El Gato Fierros" | Villian A member of the Sinaloa Cartel contracted to kill Teresa after El Güero's assassination. During the pursuit, he rapes her and she shoots him in the face. He later tracks Teresa to Spain with El Pote and Ratas, but is captured and executed by the Russian mob at Teresa's order. |
| Salvador Zerboni | Ramiro Vargas "El Ratas" | Main Villian Nephew of Epifanio Vargas. Later it is discovered that is son of Epifanio and not nephew. Mentally unstable and sadistic, he is assigned to kill Teresa during her flight to Spain, but lands in jail instead. He is sent along with El Gato and Pote to Spain to finish the job, but is captured by the Russians instead. He manages to escape back to Mexico, but continues to harbor a deep hatred for Teresa. After discovering that Epifanio Vargas is his father (not his uncle), he arranges to have Antonio de las Casas, the candidate for President whose campaign Epifanio is managing, assassinated in the hope of both winning his father's approval and having his father named de las Casas's replacement as candidate for President. At Epfanio's orders, he stages a raid on the safe house where Teresa is staying in Culiacan. After he guns down Pote, Teresa shoots and kills him. |
| Dagoberto Gama | Potequim Galvez "El Pote" | villian later good to teresa "Batman's" gunman, sent to Spain to hunt down and kill Teresa. Because Pote tried to stop El Gato from raping Teresa during her original flight from Mexico, she spares his life after he is captured by the Russians. However, Batman and El Ratas believe that he has betrayed them. He becomes Teresa's personal bodyguard and friend. He is killed by Ramiro "El Ratas" in the raid on the safe house in Culiacan. |
| Alejandro Calva | César Güemes "Batman" | Villian Epifanio Vargas's second in command, he takes charge of the Sinaloa Cartel while Epifano pursues his political career. Vargas pushes him aside as his Number Two in favor of El Ratas, which makes Batman unhappy. In order to keep him in line, Ramiro executes Batman's family while he is outside the Shrine of Malverde waiting to warn Teresa that Epifanio will stop at nothing to prevent her from testifying. He is last seen outside the courthouse in Culiacán, watching Epifanio be taken away in handcuffs. |
| Cristian Tappan | Antonio Smith/"Willy Rangel" | Officer with the Drug Enforcement Agency, based in Mexico; he was El Güero's handler in the DEA and flies Teresa to San Diego during her escape from Sinaloa. He later moves to Spain to try to build a criminal case against her, bringing Veronica with him to pose as a love interest for Patty and infiltrate Teresa's organization. He is forced, against his better judgment, to offer Teresa a deal for immunity in exchange for her testimony against Epifanio Vargas. |
| Carmen Navarro | Marcela "La Conejo" | Friend of Teresa and Patty from prison, she is hired as the receptionist at Transer Naga, the shell company set up as the legitimate front for Teresa's true business. Known as "la Conejo" from the brand of lye she used to poison her abusive husband and his mother. |
| Santiago Meléndez | Saturnino "Nino" Juárez | Former head of police, he was fired when found to be secretly working for Yasikov. Now works for Oleg and frequently with Teresa as an information gatherer. Teo kills him in a shootout after he discovers that Teo is working with the police. |
| Juan José Arjona | Pablo Flores | Spanish Police officer in charge of the case to capture Teresa Mendoza after Juarez was fired. Efficient and somewhat ruthless, he feels betrayed when Willy and the DEA offer Teresa immunity and tries to do an end-run by having Teresa charged with Teo's murder, so as to have her arrested and prevent her from leaving Spain. |
| Carlos Diez "Klaus" | Eddie Álvarez | Originally El Gallego's lawyer, he betrayed Teresa by stealing her assets while she was in prison. On her release, she hires him, claiming that he "won't try to cheat me twice." Replaced as her primary lawyer by Teo Aljarafe, he is contracted by Teo's wife Eugenia to kill him, but fails. When confronted by Nino, he accidentally falls from the top of a building under construction and dies. |
| Nacho Fresneda | Driss Larbi | Villian Owner of "El Yamila" bar in Melilla, where Teresa works when she arrives in Spain. Driss is in love with Teresa and bitterly jealous of her relationship with Santiago; after Teresa and Santiago move to mainland Spain, Driss conspires to have a drug run intercepted by the Spanish Coast Guard which results in Santiago's death and Teresa's arrest. Driss eventually flees to Mexico to escape Teresa and the Russians, where he is killed by "El Ratas" after providing the Sinaloa Cartel with information about Teresa's location. |
| Mónica Estarreado Mónica Estarreado Mónica Estarreado is a Spanish actress of Spanish Origen . She is best known for her role as Cayetana de la Vega on the popular Spanish comedy-drama Yo soy Bea and for her current role as Dr... |
Fátima Manssur | Teresa's best friend, they meet while working at "El Yamila". A good hearted woman cast out by her Moroccan family for working as a prostitute, she later enlists Santiago and Teresa's help to retrieve her young son from an orphanage. Years later, Teresa moves Fátima and her son, Mohammad, to Marbella Marbella Marbella is a town in Andalusia, Spain. It is situated on the Mediterranean Sea, in the province of Málaga, beneath the La Concha mountain. In 2000 the city had 98,823 inhabitants, in 2004, 116,234, in 2010 approximately 135,000.... . Mohammad is later kidnapped by the Turkish mafia in retaliation for Teresa's business dealings, and both Mohammad and Fátima are killed during the rescue attempt. |
| Cuca Escribano | Sheila | Another co-worker at "El Yamila", Sheila and Teresa were enemies on sight. Later, after Ali tries to kill her and Teresa saves her life, they become close friends. |
| Eduardo Velasco | Col Abdelkader Chaïb | Colonel in the Moroccan Army (and drug lord), Abdelkader is a close ally and business partner of Teresa. |
| Alfonso Vallejo Alfonso Vallejo Alfonso Vallejo is a Spanish artistplaywright, poet, painter and neurologist. He has published 34 plays and 25 poetry books. Vallejo was awarded the Lope de Vega prize in 1976 for his play "El desgüace". "Ácido Sulfúrico" was the runner up prize in 1975. In 1978 he received the Internacional Tirso... |
Manolo Céspedes | Governor of Melilla, he pressures Teresa to provide him with sexual favors in exchange for helping her. She publicly humiliates him when she meets Abdelkader, a man she recognizes as more important and influential. |
| Pablo Castañón | Lalo Veiga | Santiago's best friend and associate in the smuggling trade, he falls in love with Soraya around the same time that Santiago meets Teresa. Later captured by the Moroccan coast guard, he is tortured and his tongue cut out before he is sent to prison. Years later, Teresa uses her influence with Abdelkader to have him released and moved to a nursing home in Spain. |
| Lorena Santos | Soraya | Co-worker of Teresa and the girls at "El Yamila", originally a friend of Sheila. |
| Luis Enrique Roldán | "Doctor Ramos" | An expert in trafficking, he is hired on as a consultant and becomes part of the core team at Transer Naga. |
| Hani Skafi Janni | Alberto Rizokarpasso | A computer whiz, he is hired as the IT specialist at Teresa's company, Transer Naga. |
| Patricia Alvarez | Mercedes Vargas | Mother of Ramiro Vargas "El Ratas", and sister-in-law of Epifanio Vargas. |
| Karim el Karem | Mohamed Manssur | Fátima's 17 year old son; he is kidnapped by the Turkish mafia in retaliation for Teresa taking business away from them. He and his mother are killed in the rescue attempt. |
| Luisa Fernanda Giraldo | Trinidad Sanchez "Makoki" | Sociopathic inmate originally assigned to Teresa as her cellmate; when Teresa publicly defeats her in a fight, Makoki attempts to kill Teresa by locking her in the prison library and setting it on fire. |
| Mighello Blanco | Siso Pernas | From the Pernas clan which runs the Galician syndicate, Teresa's main competitors in the Spanish drug trade. Son of Joaquin Pernas. |
| Lincoln Palomeque | Faustino Sanchez Godoy | Colombian drug lord who supplies Teresa and her rivals with cocaine. |
Controversies
Stars Kate del Castillo (Teresa) and Cristina Urgel (Patricia O'Farrell) publicly spoke out against 'censorship' when a scene featuring a kiss between their characters was edited out before broadcast on Mexican television. Del Castillo urged fans to tweetTwitter
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their support using the hashtag #noalacensuraLRDS, thanking them later for their support saying, "It is very important that we express ourselves ... I don't want you all to see our work half finished!" A second scene, featuring a kiss between Urgel and Sara Maldonado's character, Verónica, was also cut from episode 42. Urgel admitted that, "We were a little afraid of how the public would react, especially in Latin America, with certain aspects of her personality—her bisexuality and addictions—but it was received with much affection. I've gotten messages on Twitter congratulating me and saying how much they love Patty."
Due to its subject matter, La Reina del Sur has been criticized by some commentators for its glamorous depiction of the life of a narcotrafficker, with one Mexican government official calling the series "an apology for organized crime." Del Castillo responded by saying, "... I don't see this as a story about drug trafficking. Obviously you have to see that in the environment around Teresa Mendoza, but it's [primarily] the story of how this woman survives to keep living."
Other critics suggest that the series downplays the masculinity and misogyny of the narco underworld, questioning whether a woman like Teresa Mendoza would ever really be able to achieve such power in a male-dominated arena.
Series co-star Iván Sánchez (Santiago "El Gallego" Fisterra) said in interviews with Spanish media that he was unhappy with the way that the series turned out after post-production. "I'm really happy with my own work, but the final product is a really strange mix: it's not a novela, and it's not a series with the quality it should have for prime time ... It seemed like Antena 3 put all its weight behind the U.S. production, and in turn they put their weight behind the Colombian production to reduce the cost, and something really weird happened. There was no communication. ... I'm very satisfied with what I did, with my work, and my professional part, but I'm not very happy with the result that I've seen, not at all."
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Arturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez is a Spanish novelist and journalist. He worked as a war correspondent for twenty-one years . His first novel, El húsar, set in the Napoleonic Wars, was released in 1986. He is well known outside Spain for his "Alatriste" series of novels...
, who wrote the novel upon which the show was based, blasted the pared down 13-episode version that was shown on Spanish TV, calling it "swill" (bazofia). He contrasted it with the longer, 63-episode series shown in the Americas, which he called "a perfect soap opera," saying that it was "extremely effective, despite its limitations and mistakes." Pérez-Reverte also had praise for the actors, saying, "Kate del Castillo and the other actors are splendid."
Ratings and external broadcast
USA (Telemundo)The first episode, broadcast on February 28, 2011, attracted 2.4 million viewers, making it the most viewed premiere for any telenovela on the network. Over the course of its run, La Reina del Sur frequently dominated the 10 PM time slot for broadcast television (even over the major U.S. networks) among the 18-34 age demographic. The final episode, broadcast on May 30, 2011, was Telemundo's highest rated broadcast in its 19-year history, attracting nearly 4.2 million viewers and dominating its time slot among the 18-49 demographic, beating out the English language networks.
Spain (Antena 3)
For the Spanish market, the telenovela was edited down to 13 episodes. It premiered March 14, 2011, at 10 PM with an audience of 3.19 million viewers, making it the second most watched program of the evening, and the most popular program broadcast on a privately owned channel. The series continued its run on Wednesday evenings at the same time, winning the top position for the time slot, attracting 16% of television viewers (over 3 million).
México (Galavisión)
Premiered April 4, 2011, at 10:30 PM, with a 42% share. It is the most watched television show in the Metropolitan area of el Valle de Mexico (Mexico City) with an average daily rating of 22 points. It even outperforms Televisa's "El canal de las estrellas"...The novela gets a national rating of 15 points. It is the 5th most watched show on Mexican television. On May 19 LRDS peaked at 16 points becoming the 2nd most watched Telenovela in the country and the 3rd most watched show. On May 24 LRDS hit another high with 16.5 points on a National level. It hit another high of 17 points nationally on June 1 and it got 25 points in Mexico City. On June 7 LRDS continued to soared in ratings with a 17.4 National Ranking and a 26.1 in Mexico City
Chile (MEGA)
Premiered May 9, 2011 at 7:40 PM. La Reina del Sur was first in its time slot, with a 15.6 rating (peaking at 18) among viewerships for televisions channels TVN, CHV, and Canal 13. In its second and third episodes it continued to dominate its time slot.
Colombia (Caracol Televisión)
Premiered May 16, 2011 at 9:00 pm and has shocked the country by its theme in the mafia and its social reality. Currently airs at 10:00 pm after El Desafío, La Lucha de Las Regiones "La Piedra Sagrada" with ratings between 13 and 15 points, which has become a success.
Nicaragua (Televicentro de Nicaragua)
It premiered October 17, 2011 at 9:00 P.M. in substitution of A Corazón Abierto
A Corazón Abierto
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which had a really good rating. Lots of people in the country have read the book so they are excited to see this novela. It has been announced since the beginning of September. It has a very high rating.