

Season 3 • Episode 60
LatestEl Capo, the most wanted drug dealer in Mexico, has been intercepted while hiding with his trusted men, his wife and his lover. During his escape, he declares war on the government and his own past.
Acting
Marlon Moreno's eyes do more acting than most scripts
Writing
Gustavo Bolívar's pulp-poetic dialogue hits like a corrido
Production
Escalating scope from hideout to nationwide manhunt
Creator
Gustavo Bolívar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
El Capo helped launch Colombia's post-Escobar narco-novela boom, influencing Netflix's later Colombian productions. The genre became so dominant that Bolívar himself later criticized its romanticization.
Marlon Moreno prepared by studying real capo interrogation videos and refused to smile in any promotional material to maintain the character's psychological weight through all three seasons.