In its new season,Narcosis seeing something of a reboot.Narcos: Mexicoheads back in time, to the 1980s, and the rise of the Guadalajara cartel.
Instead ofPedro Pascaltrying to take down Pablo Escobar in Columbia, we haveMichael Penaas Kiki Camarena, an undercover DEA agent embedded in Guadalajara, andDiego Lunaas the cartels patriarch, Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo, the real-life figurehead who practically founded the Mexican drug trade.
In the first full trailer for the new season, we see the rise of Luna’s character, the “Rockefeller of marijuana,” and the power and violence that built his drug empire.
It’s a great, fast-paced ride that gives solid sense of how the season will build up Gallardo’s brutal regime while introducing Camarena’s subversive actions to try and stop it.
Check out the full trailer below;Narcos: Mexicowill debut November 16th on Netflix, and also starsAaron Staton,Alejandro Edda, as well asJose Maria Yazpikreprising his role as Amado Carrillo Fuentes.
Heres the official synopsis forNarcos: Mexico:
Narcos: Mexico will explore the origins of the modern drug war by going back to its roots, beginning at a time when the Mexican trafficking world was a loose and disorganized confederation of independent growers and dealers.
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Witness the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1980s as Felix Gallardo (Diego Luna) takes the helm, unifying traffickers for build an empire.
When DEA agent Kiki Camarena (Michael Pena) moves his wife and young son from California to Guadalajara to take on a new post, he quickly learns that his assignment will be more challenging than he ever could have imagined.
As Kiki garners intelligence on Felix and becomes more entangled in his mission, a tragic chain of events unfold, affecting the drug trade and the war against it for years to come.
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