Alias El Mexicano (aka 'The Mexican') is a 2013 Colombian television series produced by Fox Telecolombia for RCN TV, loosely based on the story of Colombian drug lord Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha and which mixes scenes with stories and fiction. The series has been criticized for its increased focus on entirely fictional characters, taking away the spotlight from the real characters; however, the performances of Juan Sebastián Calero, Fabio Rubiano and Rafael Novoa were praised.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
| Alias El Mexicano | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Mauricio Navas |
| Developed by | Fox Telecolombia RCN TV |
| Directed by | Diego Mejía Mónica Botero |
| Starring | Juan Sebastián Calero Rafael Novoa Flora Martínez |
| Country of origin | Colombia |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 79 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Óscar Guarín |
| Producers | Amparo López Óscar Guarín |
| Production locations | Pacho Nemocón Medellín Cartagena La Guajira Puerto Gaitán Bogotá, Colombia Mexico City Los Angeles |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 42-45 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | RCN Televisión Mundo FOX |
| Release | November 5, 2013 – March 17, 2014 |
Starring Juan Sebastián Calero who plays Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, with Rafael Novoa, Carolina Gaitán and Flora Martínez.[8][9][10][11][12][13]
Plot
editAt 15, Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha left his town with his pride wounded when the woman he had set his sights on called him a liar for giving her a stone that was passed off as an emerald. Years later, working for the emerald businessman Gilberto Molina, he found a legitimate gem in the emerald mines that, instead of taking him to his imaginary lover, helped him buy his first shipment of marijuana in La Guajira, Colombia. Seeing the business that was opening up before his eyes, Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha understood that drug consumption in the United States could only be satisfied by setting up an industrial production chain that originated in the plains of Colombia and that in less than 5 years became the nucleus of a multinational cocaine sales company with global reach, thus becoming the true leader, behind the scenes, of the Medellín Cartel.
Cast
edit| Actor | Character | Real character |
|---|---|---|
| Juan Sebastián Calero | Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha | |
| Biassini Segura | Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha (Young) | |
| Rafael Novoa | Coronel Jaime Ramírez Gómez | |
| Fabio Rubiano | Rodrigo Lara Bonilla | |
| Alberto Palacio | Luis Carlos Galán | |
| Andrés Aramburo | Carlos Lehder "Charlie" | |
| Carlos Barbosa Romero/Gerardo Calero | Fabio Ochoa Restrepo | |
| Waldo Urrego | Comandante Javier | Jacobo Arenas |
| Rubén Zamora | José Domingo Valencia/Ernesto Avellaneda "El Cuyanito" | Luis García "Kojak" |
| Víctor Rodríguez | Libardo Muñoz "El Flaco" | |
| Thaddeus Phillips | Ellis McKenzie/Barry Seal | |
| Juan Carlos Serrano | Coronel Diego Erazo "Radar" | Coronel Hugo Martínez Poveda |
| Rodrigo Oviedo | Miguel Ángel Félix Gallego | Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo |
| Andrés Ogilvie | Agente Benjamin | Steve Murphy |
| Daniel Rengifo | Freddy Rodríguez Cabiedes | Freddy Rodríguez Celades |
| Juan David Manrique | Freddy Rodríguez Cabiedes (Joven) | |
| Héctor García | Héctor Lineros | Víctor Manuel Linares |
| Víctor Hugo Trespalacios | Bartolomé Ovalle | |
| Nikolás Rincón | Julián Ruiz | |
| Rodolfo Silva | Cabo Marco Antonio Abril | |
| Andrés Felipe Martínez | General Dueñas | General Víctor Alberto Delgado Mallarino |
| Walter Luengas | Mayor Ordóñez | |
| Alfonso Otiz | Gilberto Molina | |
| Luis Fernando Montoya | Humberto "El Ganso" Ariza | |
| Pedro Mogollón | Pedro Pablo Rodríguez | |
| Álvaro Rodríguez | Julio Rincón | |
| Daniel Rocha | Comandante Jorge | |
| Toto Vega | Arturo Valencia | |
| Kenny Delgado | Juan Manuel Ángel | |
| Mauricio Navas | Romeo | |
| Andrés Castañeda | Ángel Gaitan Mahecha | |
| Tim Janssen | Agente Joseph Celtz | |
| Alejandro Tamayo | Capitán Sánchez | |
| Mauiricio Cujar | Político Valderrama | |
| Alejandro Gutiérrez | Padre Juan Carrasquilla | |
| Saín Castro | Félix Fernández Padre | |
| Luis Fernando Salas | Procurador Bernardo Romero (Novio de Isis) | |
| Julio Correal | Don Adelfo | |
| Brian Moreno | Alias "El Chulo" | |
| Erick Cuéllar | Félix Fernández | |
| Fernando Arango | El Mono (Traficante) | |
| Kike Mendoza | Marco Polo | Jorge Velásquez "El Navegante" |
| Hermes Camelo | Ferney Vesga | |
| Guillermo Gálvez | Embajador de Estados Unidos | |
| Diego Vásquez | Jairo Ortega | |
| Harold De Vasten | Américo | |
| Juan Pablo Barragán | Hermes | |
| Luly Bossa | Verónica Rivera | |
| Juliana Posso | Nancy Restrepo de Lara | |
| Carolina Gaitán | Ana Belén Páez | |
| Xilena Aycardi | Helena de Ramírez | |
| Flora Martínez | Isis Cardona | |
| Marcela Valencia | Benilda Arguello de Páez | |
| Elkin Córdoba | Alonso de Jesús Baquero 'Negro Vladimir' | |
| Jennifer Steffens | Rosa Gacha de Rodríguez | María Guadalupe Gacha Montes |
| Manuela González | Rosmary Caviedes | Luz Mary Celades |
| Ángela Vergara | Roxana Salamanca | |
| Alejandro López | Alejandro Farías | |
| Yesenia Valencia | Cecilia Calero | |
| Consuelo Luzardo | Dueña de hacienda | |
| Michelle Manterola | Rosario | |
| Carolina López | Teresa de Loaiza | |
| Víctor Hugo Ruiz | Licenciado Suárez | |
| Héctor Mejía | Comandante guerrillero | |
| Víctor Cifuentes | Euclides | |
| George Slebi | Capitán del ejército | |
| Gastón Velandia | Mayor del ejército | |
| Andrés Soleibe | Mayor del ejército | |
| Pedro Andrés Calvo | Byron Velázquez "Quesito" | |
| Álvaro García | Ismael | |
| Harold Córdoba | Humberto | |
References
edit- ^ "Llega la historia de alias el 'Mexicano' a la televisión". 3 November 2013.
- ^ "Juan Sebastián Calero, "el mundo de los bandidos no es fácil"".
- ^ "La historia desconocida de El Mexicano llega a MundoFox" [The unknown history of The Mexican arrives at MundoFox].
- ^ "5 de noviembre Cali by Diario ADN - Issuu". 5 November 2013.
- ^ "La telenovela "Alias el mexicano" tiene mucho realismo". 27 January 2014.
- ^ "Alias el Mexicano: ¿homenaje a otro bandido?". 5 November 2013.
- ^ "La pasión de Juan Sebastián Calero". 31 October 2013.
- ^ "'Alias el Mexicano': Retrato de un narcotraficante". 7 April 2014.
- ^ "Novela el mexicano". 2 November 2013.
- ^ "Juan Sebastián Calero demuestra su casta de actor en 'Alias el Mexicano'". 5 November 2013.
- ^ "Protagonistas de Alias el mexicano dieron su opinión a PRODU de esta producción realizada por FOXTelecolombia para RCN". 27 November 2013.
- ^ "Juan Sebastián Calero, en la psiquis de los malos". 17 November 2013.
- ^ "Juan Sebastián Calero te cuenta sobre 'Alias el Mexicano'". 28 October 2013.