Narcos: Mexico

Narcos: Mexico is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard, and Doug Miro that premiered on Netflix on November 16, 2018. It was originally intended to be the fourth season of the Netflix series Narcos, but it was ultimately developed as a companion series. It focuses on the development of Mexico's illegal drug trade, whereas the parent series centered on the establishment of Colombia's illegal drug trade. The series' second season premiered on February 13, 2020. On October 28, 2020, Netflix renewed the series for a third and final season but announced that actor Diego Luna would not be returning to reprise his role as Félix Gallardo. The third and final season premiered on November 5, 2021.

Premise

The series explores the origins of the Mexican drug war, beginning at the time when traffickers were a loose and disorganized confederation of small, independent marijuana growers and dealers. It dramatizes the creation and rise of the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1980s as Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (Diego Luna) unifies several plazas, or territories, in order to build an infamous drug empire. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Kiki Camarena (Michael Peña) moves his wife and young son from California to Guadalajara to take on a new post, where he quickly learns that his assignment will be more challenging than he could ever have imagined.

Cast and characters

Main

• Michael Peña as Kiki Camarena, a DEA agent who garners valuable intel about Félix's organization (season 1)
• Diego Luna as Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, the leader of the Guadalajara Cartel and founder of the modern Mexican drug trade (seasons 1–2; guest season 3)
• Tenoch Huerta as Rafael "Rafa" Caro Quintero, Felix's business partner (season 1; guest season 2)
• Alyssa Diaz as Mika Camarena, Kiki's wife (season 1)
• Joaquín Cosío as Ernesto "Don Neto" Fonseca Carrillo, Felix's business partner, Amado's uncle (season 1; guest season 2; recurring season 3)
• José María Yazpik as Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Felix's business partner, Neto's nephew (reprising his role from Narcos)
• Matt Letscher as Jaime Kuykendall, head of the Guadalajara bureau of the DEA (seasons 1 and 3; guest season 2)
• Ernesto Alterio as Salvador Osuna Nava, Director general of the Dirección Federal de Seguridad (season 1)
• Alejandro Edda as Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, a member of the Sinaloa Cartel (seasons 1–3)
• Fernanda Urrejola as Maria Elvira, Felix's wife (seasons 1–2)
• Teresa Ruiz as Isabella Bautista, Felix's friend and business associate (based on Sandra Ávila Beltrán) (seasons 1–2)
• Aaron Staton as Butch Sears, a DEA agent (season 1)
• Lenny Jacobson as Roger Knapp, a DEA agent (season 1)
• Gerardo Taracena as Pablo Acosta, the leader of the Juarez Cartel (seasons 1–2)
• Julio Cesar Cedillo as Guillermo González Calderoni, the commander of the Federal Judicial Police (seasons 1–2)
• Scoot McNairy as Walt Breslin, a DEA agent, and narrator of the story (loosely based on Hector Berrellez) (seasons 2–3; recurring season 1)
• Alfonso Dosal as Benjamín Arellano Félix, the leader of the Tijuana Cartel, Enedina's and Ramón's older brother (seasons 2–3; recurring season 1)
• Mayra Hermosillo as Enedina Arellano Félix, a high-ranking member of the Tijuana Cartel, Benjamín's and Ramón's sister (seasons 2–3)
• Manuel Masalva as Ramón Arellano Félix, an enforcer and high-ranking member of the Tijuana Cartel, Benjamín's and Enedina's younger brother (seasons 2–3; recurring season 1)
• Miguel Rodarte as Danilo Garza – a Mexican police officer and member of Operation Leyenda (season 2)
• Alex Knight as Kenny Moss, a DEA agent and member of Operation Leyenda (main season 2, guest season 1)
• Jesse Garcia as Sal Orozco, a DEA agent and member of Operation Leyenda (season 2)
• Matt Biedel as Daryl Petsky, a DEA agent and member of Operation Leyenda (season 2)
• Jero Medina as Ossie Mejía, a Mexican police officer and member of Operation Leyenda (season 2)
• Alberto Zeni as Amat Palacios, a Mexican police officer and member of Operation Leyenda (season 2)
• Gorka Lasaosa as Héctor Luis Palma Salazar, a member of the Sinaloa Cartel (seasons 2–3; recurring season 1)
• Andres Londono as Enrique Clavel, Felix's right-hand man (season 2)
• Alberto Ammann as Hélmer "Pacho" Herrera, a high-ranking member of the Cali Cartel (reprising his role from Narcos) (seasons 2–3; guest season 1)
• Flavio Medina as Juan García Abrego – the leader of the Gulf Cartel and Guerra's nephew (seasons 2–3)
• Luis Gerardo Méndez as Victor Tapia, a Juárez police officer drawn to a series of killings (season 3)
• Luisa Rubino as Andrea Nuñez , a young journalist investigating the activities of the cartel, works for La Voz de Tijuana (season 3)
• José Zúñiga as Jesús Gutiérrez Rebollo, Mexican military general opposing the cartels (season 3)
• Beau Mirchoff as Steve Sheridan, a DEA agent (season 3)
• Kristen Gutoskie as Dani, Walt's girlfriend (season 3)
• Bobby Soto as David Barron Corona, a high-ranking member of the Logan Heights Gang and hit-man for the Tijuana cartel (season 3; recurring season 2)
• Lorenzo Ferro as Alex Hodoyan , a member of Ramón's Narcojuniors gang (season 3)
• Alejandro Furth as Ramon Salgado, co-founder of La Voz de Tijuana and Andrea's boss (season 3)
• Alberto Guerra as Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, an independent drug trafficker using his fishing business as a front (season 3)

Recurring

• Tessa Ía as Sofia Conesa (season 1)
• Clark Freeman as Ed Heath (seasons 1–2)
• Fermin Martinez as Juan José "El Azul" Esparragoza Moreno (seasons 1–3)
• Guillermo Villegas as Sammy Alvarez (season 1)
• Horacio Garcia Rojas as Tomas Morlet (season 1)
• Jackie Earle Haley as Jim Ferguson (season 1)
• Yul Vazquez as John Gavin (season 1)
• Brian Buckley as John Clay Walker (season 1)
• Mark Kubr as Tony (season 1)
• Mike Doyle as Thomas Buehl (season 1)
• Wagner Moura as Pablo Escobar (reprising his role from Narcos) (seasons 1 and 3)
• Francisco Denis as Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela (reprising his role from Narcos) (season 1)
• Pêpê Rapazote as José "Chepe" Santacruz-Londoño (reprising his role from Narcos) (seasons 1 and 3)
• Jorge A. Jimenez as Roberto "Poison" Ramos (reprising his role from Narcos) (season 1)
• Eric Lange as Bill Stechner (reprising his role from Narcos) (seasons 1–2)
• Milton Cortés as Rubén Zuno Arce (season 1–2)
• Julián Díaz as Blackie (reprising his role from Narcos) (season 1)
• Francisco Barreiro as Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix (seasons 1–3)
• Julián Arango as Orlando Henao Montoya (reprising his role from Narcos) (season 2–3)
• Matias Varela as Jorge Salcedo Cabrera (reprising his role from Narcos) (season 2)
• Juan Sebastián Calero as Navegante (reprising his role from Narcos) (season 2)
• Viviana Serna as Guadalupe Leija Serrano ("Lupita"), wife of Héctor Luis Palma Salazar (season 2)
• Sosie Bacon as Mimi Webb Miller (season 2)
• Jesús Ochoa as Juan Nepomuceno Guerra (seasons 2–3)
• Noé Hernández as Rafael Aguilar Guajardo (seasons 2–3)
• José Julián as Javier Arellano Félix (seasons 2–3)
• Sebastián Buitrón as Eduardo Arellano Félix (seasons 2–3)
• Adriana Llabrés as Ruth Arellano Félix (seasons 2–3)
• Manuel Uriza as Carlos Hank Gonzalez (season 3)
• Damayanti Quintanar as Hortencia Tapia (season 3)
• James Earl as Craig Mills (season 3)
• Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio as Everardo Arturo “Kitty” Paez (season 3)
• Yessica Borroto as Marta (season 3)
• Damián Alcázar as Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela (reprising his role from Narcos) (season 3)
• Diego Calva as Arturo Beltrán Leyva (season 3)
• Fernando Bonilla as Vicente Carrillo Fuentes (season 3)
• Markin López as Rogelio (season 3)
• Iván Aragón as Alfredo Hodoyan (season 3)
• Eric Etebari as Jack Dorian (season 3)
• José Zúñiga as Jesus Gutierrez Rebollo (season 3)

Episodes

Season 1 (2018)

Season 2 (2020)

Season 3 (2021)

Production

Development

Netflix renewed Narcos for two more seasons on September 6, 2016, a few days after the release of the second season. Production on the fourth season began in Mexico in late 2017, following the release of the third season. On July 18, 2018, Netflix announced that the fourth season would instead "reset" with almost an entirely new cast as a new Netflix original series titled Narcos: Mexico.

The first season was released on November 16, 2018, and Netflix renewed it for a second season on December 5, 2018.