El Cartel (TV series)
El Cartel de los Sapos | |
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El cartel | |
Genre | Action, drama, Narconovela |
Written by |
Juan Camilo Ferrand Andrés Lopez (original novel) |
Directed by | Luis Alberto Restrepo |
Country of origin | Colombia |
Original language(s) | Spanish |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes |
Season 1: 48 Season 2: 113 |
Production | |
Location(s) |
Colombia United States Mexico |
Running time | 45 minutes |
Broadcast | |
Original run | June 4, 2008 – October 21, 2008 |
External links | |
Website |
El Cartel de los Sapos (English title: The Cartel of Snitches) or El Cartel is a Colombian television series that first aired on June 4, 2008 on the Colombian network Caracol TV. It is based on the book by the same name by Andrés López López, alias Florecita (a former drug dealer), who wrote the book during his years in prison. In his book, he writes about his experiences while in the Cartel and what happened within the Norte del Valle Cartel. In the TV series, each character from the book and the locations were changed. El Cartel stars Manolo Cardona, Karen Martínez, Diego Cadavid, and Robinson Díaz.
Synopsis
Two friends enter the illegal drugs business, thinking it is the fastest way to become rich.
The illegal drugs trafficking world seems to be attractive to all these middle-class people who just want to grow up in a safe way without legal problems.
Ignoring this choosing is just the beginning of a turbulent and troubled life that is going to change his fate forever, Martín alias "Fresita" gets a job in a drugs lab sponsored by the big boss Óscar Cadena (Fernando Solorzano). Martín learns really fast and he starts to send illegal drugs to the United States, while his boss makes an alliance with the Villegas Brothers, from the West Cartel, to take down the biggest drug dealer ever: Pablo Escobar.
With Escobar down, a new cartel is up: The Pacific Cartel, the most worthless in Colombia, led by Óscar Cadena, so Óscar (the teacher) and Martín (the student) make a pact of friendship and business.
Martín becomes a rich man and he falls for Sofía (Karen Martinez), a beautiful woman, but he gets her heart by lying to her. But Sofía discovers the origin of Martín's wealth and he has to choose: Sofía or the business.
Óscar helps the police to finish the West Cartel. The snitches (sapos) make the war between these criminal machineries to reach a point of breaking.
Martín refuses to take part in this war and decides to go to Miami with Sofía and his children, but what he does not know is that it is not a safe place anymore, and he must keep going with the old illegal activities, watching his old friends die by the enemy.
Business partners and brothers dead or caught, forces Martín to run to Mexico looking for protection. He realizes too late that in this business; you can never win... So he becomes a sapo and tells his tale to the DEA.
Characters
Caracol decided to change the real names of the characters and their aliases, although some physical resemblance between the characters and their aliases remained with real people who interpreted. The following tables show the names of the characters and actors are shown, and also the names of the real life people they represent in the series. And in the first table highlights the characters that also appear in the second season.
Character Name - Aka | Actor | Real name - Alias |
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Martín González - El fresita | Manolo Cardona | Andrés López López - el Florecita (The Flower) |
Sofía (esposa de Martín) | Karen Martínez | María del Socorro Patiño |
Milton Jiménez - El cabo | Róbinson Diaz | Wílber Alirio Varela - Jabón |
Pepe Cadena | Diego Cadavid | Fernando Henao - el Grillo |
Oscar Cadena | Fernando Solórzano | José Orlando Henao Montoya- el Hombre del Overol |
Álvaro José Pérez - Guadaña | Julian Arango | Luis Alfonso Ocampo Fómeque - Tocayo |
Amparo Cadena (esposa de Julio) | Sandra Reyes | Lorena Henao Montoya |
John Mario Martínez - Pirulito | Juan Pablo Raba (1.ª season) Camilo Saenz (second season) | Juan Carlos Ramírez Abadía - Chupeta |
Julio Trujillo | Fernando Arévalo | Ivan Urdinola Grajales - el Enano (The Dwarf) |
Conrado Cadena - El mocho | Álvaro Rodríguez | Arcángel Henao - el Mocho |
Alfonso Rendón - Anestesia | Andrés Parra | Carlos Zapata - el Médico |
Humberto Paredes - Humber | Juan Ángel | Efraín Hernández - Don Efra |
Samuel Morales | Luis Alfredo Velasco | Miguel Solano - Miguelito |
Mario Lopera - Don Mario | Santiago Moure | Diego Montoya - Don Diego |
Gonzalo Tovar - Buñuelo | Juan Carlos Arango | Hernando Gómez Bustamante - Rasguño |
Apolinar S. Santilla - el Negro Santilla | Elkin Córdoba | Jorge E. Aspirilla - El negro Aspirilla |
Eliana Saldarriaga (esposa de Pepe) | Juliana Galvis | Cristina Santana |
Juanita Marín | Nataly Umaña | Natalia Paris Gaviria |
Juliana Morales o Estupiñán | Natalia Betancurt | Rosario Molano o Santibañez |
Agente Sam Mathews | John Gertz | Agente Romedio Viola (DEA) |
El Ovejo | Harold Córdoba | Óscar Varela García - Capachivo |
Fermín Urrego - el Tigre | Waldo Urrego | Victor Patiño Fómeque - la Fiera |
Cdte Ramiro Gutiérrez | Alberto Palacio | Colonel Danilo González Gil |
David Paz | Armando Gutiérrez | Baruch Vega - el Fotógrafo |
Hugo de la Cruz | Pedro Mogollón | Hélmer Herrera - Pacho Herrera |
Gral. Javier Ibarra (Policía Nacional) | Germán Quintero | Gral. Oscar Naranjo |
Emanuel Villegas | Victor Cifuentes | Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela |
Leonardo Villegas | Hermes Camelo | Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela |
Ignacio Nacho Sotomayor | Néstor Alfonso Rojas | Jose Santacruz Londoño |
Novio de Hugo de la Cruz | Andrés Toro | Novio de Hélmer Herrera |
Tulio de la Cruz - Doble Rueda | Alberto Barrero | Juan Herrera - el Inválido |
Pedro Tejada - Revolver | Jimmy Vásquez | Julio Correa - Julio Fierro |
Susana de Cadena (esposa de Conrado) | Carolina Cuervo | |
Francisco José Trujillo (hermano de Julio) | Mauricio Vélez | |
Silvio Méndez (chofer y amante de Amparo) | Giovanny Álvarez | |
Caremico | Christian Tappan | Orlando Sánchez Cristancho - Trompa de Marrano |
Kevin - Kevin Izquierdo | Juan Calderón | Richard Martínez |
Guillermo Polo - Guillo | Dorian Keller | |
Ita (abuela de Martín) | Consuelo Luzardo | |
Perla (hermana de Martín) | Carolina Lizarazo | |
Esposa de Samuel Morales | Tania Falquez | |
Rene Zamudio (amigo de Samuel) | Federico Rivera | |
Giselle (esposa de Anestesia) | Angeline Moncayo | |
El Contador | Mauricio Navas | - el Secre. |
Omar Godoy - Navaja | Rodolfo Silva | Juan Carlos Ortiz - Cuchilla |
Adolfo Aguilar (jefe de Las AUC) - El Halcón | Mauricio Mejía | Carlos Castaño |
Belinda (amiga de Juanita) | Linda Lucia Callejas | |
Soledad (esposa de Óscar) | Majida Issa | |
Myriam (madre de Eliana) | Rita Bendeck | |
Gargajo | Rafael Uribe Ochoa | |
Señuelo (Trabajador de Eliana) | John Alex Toro | |
Cristián | Julio Ocampo | |
Jhonatan de la Cruz | Héctor García | |
Israel de la cruz | Rafael Henríquez | |
William Torres | Nelson Tallaferro | |
Gral. Jorge Contreras | Julio Correal | |
Agente Katherine (DEA) | Paulina Gálvez | |
Steven Douglas | Brandon Fokken |
Character - Alias | Actor | Real name - Alias |
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Andrea Negrete - La Mera Mera o la Reina | Patricia Manterola | Sandra Ávila - la Reina del Pacífico |
Victoria "Vicky" Puerta | Carolina Guerra | Yovanna Guzmán |
- Antenas | John Alex Toro | Ramón Oliveros |
John - el Gordo John | Luis Eduardo Arango | William Tamayo Hernández - Mazinger |
Mayor Luis Madero - el Caza Narcos (Unidad Antinarcóticos) | Alejandro Martínez | Mayor Elkin Leonardo Molina Aldana |
- el Rockie | Juan Sebastián Aragón | |
- el Puma | Víctor Mallarino | Juan Diego Espinoza - el Tigre |
Diego Casas - Caliche | Carlos Mario Echavarría | Luis Fernando Lopera - Casadiego |
- El primo | Luis Fernando Montoya (actor)|Luis Fernando Montoya | Carlos Alberto Renteria - Beto |
Tía de Johanna | Marcela Agudelo | |
Johanna Lesmes | Angélica Blandon | |
El mariachi de "El piloto" | Gustavo Ángel | |
Capitán Harvey Racines | Tommy Vásquez | Pedro Pineda - Pispis |
María Luisa Higuera (amante de "Caliche") | Margarita Muñoz | |
Lina María Acevedo (amor de "Don Mario") | Andrea Noceti | Paula Andrea Betancourt |
Blanca (Esposa de Racines) | Paola Dulce | |
Larissa Márquez de Casas (esposa de "Caliche") | Paula Barreto | Gloria Patricia Gomez Osorio |
Zully Carmona | Diana Hoyos | Nancy Cadavid |
Olga (esposa de "Pirulito") | Patricia Castañeda | |
Agente Katherine (DEA) | Paulina Gálvez | |
Agente Peter McAllister (DEA) | Anthony Guzmán | Agente Terry Cole (DEA) |
Agente Lilian Young (DEA) | Michelle Manterola | |
Oliver Carmona o García (esposo de Zully) | Ramiro Sandoval | |
Patricia Carmona (hermana de Zully) | Sandra Guzmán | Libia Cadavid |
XL | Ramón Medina | José Luis Ledezma - el JL |
Wilson Gamboa - Paredón | Joltzman Núñez | Carlos Arturo Patiño - Patemuro |
Pedro - el Manteco | Ulíses González | Weimar Pérez - Grasoso |
Teniente Calero | Julián Álvarez | |
Juan B. Guillén - el Piloto | Esteban Franco | Amado Carrillo - el Señor de los Cielos |
- el Golfo | Guillermo Quintanilla | Miguel Félix Gallardo - el Padrino |
Santiago Bonera | Carlos Humberto Camacho | |
Farid Duarte | Ismael Barrios | |
Jaime Vélez - el Pajarraco | Bernardo García | Carlos Robayo - Guacamayo |
Weimar Castro - Caremotor | Carlos Sánchez | Wenceslao Caicedo - el Señor de la Motosierra |
- Mogollo | Giovanni Galindo | Gilmer H. Quintero - el Cabezón |
Milton de Jesús Jiménez - Jimenito | Juan Hugo Cárdenas | Wilber Felipe Varela Camacho - Varelita |
Luisinho | Bárbaro Marín | Fernandinho Beira-Mar |
Lucía (esposa de Buñuelo) | Mónica Franco | |
Abogado Eddy Doménico (defensor de Bonera) | Gilberto Reyes | |
- la India (esposa del Rockie) | Yesenia Valencia | |
Joyce (esposa de Luisinho) | Viña Machado | |
Antonio Villegas | Jhonny Rivera | Sigifredo Rodriguez Orejuela |
Agente Navarro | D'Michael Haas | |
Agente DEA | Ilja Rosendahl | |
Julián Levy | Guy Davidyan | |
Bodyguard of "El Golfo" | Carlos Arrechea | |
External links
- (Spanish) Official website
- (Spanish) Telemundo El Cartel Website
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